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The temptation of innocence : living in the age of entitlement / Pascal Bruckner.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bruckner, Pascal.
- Standardized Title:
- Tentation de l'innocence. English
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Responsibility.
- Civilization, Modern--20th century.
- Civilization, Modern.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (336 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Algora Pub., c2000.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- A handbook on how to live right and an antidote for today's Prozac society, the book decries today's evasions and prevarications, the ""poor-little-me"" mentality that allows us to cop out when we should be taking responsibility for shaping our lives.
- Contents:
- Introduction : the incredible shrinking man
- The victorious individual or the sacred king of dust
- Re-enchanting the world
- Tiny little grown-ups
- Election through suffering
- The new war of secession (between men and women)
- The innocence of the torturer (the victim, in Serb propaganda).
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 1-280-34648-5
- 9786610346486
- 1-892941-26-0
- OCLC:
- 476113787
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