Winning : reflections on an American obsession / Francesco Duina.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Duina, Francesco G., 1969-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social values--United States.

Social values.

Losers--United States.

Losers.

Success--United States.

Success.

Failure (Psychology).

Competition (Psychology).

National characteristics, American.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (248 p.)

Edition:

Course Book

Place of Publication:

Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

Most of us are taught from a young age to be winners and avoid being losers. But what does it mean to win or lose? And why do we care so much? Does winning make us happy? Winning undertakes an unprecedented investigation of winning and losing in American society, what we are really after as we struggle to win, our collective beliefs about winners and losers, and much more. Francesco Duina argues that victory and loss are not endpoints or final destinations but gateways to something of immense importance to us: the affirmation of our place in the world. But Duina also shows that competition is unlikely to provide us with the answers we need. Winning and losing are artificial and logically flawed concepts that put us at odds with the world around us and, ultimately, ourselves. Duina explores the social and psychological effects of the language of competition in American culture. Primarily concerned with our shared obsessions about winning and losing, Winning proposes a new mind-set for how we can pursue our dreams, and, in a more satisfying way, find our proper place in the world.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Acknowledgments

PART 1. Introduction

Chapter One. THE PROBLEM

PART 2. The Pursuit

Chapter Two. DIFFERENTIATION

Chapter Three. I WIN, THEREFORE I AM RIGHT

Chapter Four. THE QUEST FOR SPACE

Chapter Five. POWERS AND LIMITATIONS

PART 3. Our Beliefs

Chapter Six. TYPES OF WINNERS AND LOSERS

Chapter Seven. PROCESS VERSUS OUTCOMES

Chapter Eight. INJECTING VALUE

Chapter Nine. AWARENESS AND COMPETITION

Chapter Ten. OUR RESTLESSNESS

Notes

References

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612692291

9781282692299

1282692291

9781400836680

1400836689

OCLC:

650514301