Perpetual euphoria: on the duty to be happy
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Beschreibung: | Includes index Life as a dream and a lie -- The golden age and after? -- The disciplines of beatitude -- The bittersweet saga of dullness -- The extremists of routine -- Real life is not absent -- "The fat, prosperous elevation of the average, the mediocre" -- What is happiness for some is kitsch for others -- If money doesn't make you happy, give it back! -- The crime of suffering -- Impossible wisdom -- Conclusion Madame Verdurin's croissant Happiness today is not just a possibility or an option but a requirement and a duty. To fail to be happy is to fail utterly. Happiness has become a religion--one whose smiley-faced god looks down in rebuke upon everyone who hasn't yet attained the blessed state of perpetual euphoria. How has a liberating principle of the Enlightenment--the right to pursue happiness--become the unavoidable and burdensome responsibility to be happy? How did we become unhappy about not being happy--and what might we do to escape this predicament? In Perpetual Euphoria, Pascal Bruckner takes up these questions wit Includes bibliographical references and index |
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spelling | Bruckner, Pascal Verfasser aut Euphorie perpétuelle Perpetual euphoria on the duty to be happy Pascal Bruckner ; translated by Steven Rendall Princeton Princeton University Press ©2010 1 Online-Ressource (x, 244 pages) txt rdacontent c rdamedia cr rdacarrier Includes index Life as a dream and a lie -- The golden age and after? -- The disciplines of beatitude -- The bittersweet saga of dullness -- The extremists of routine -- Real life is not absent -- "The fat, prosperous elevation of the average, the mediocre" -- What is happiness for some is kitsch for others -- If money doesn't make you happy, give it back! -- The crime of suffering -- Impossible wisdom -- Conclusion Madame Verdurin's croissant Happiness today is not just a possibility or an option but a requirement and a duty. To fail to be happy is to fail utterly. Happiness has become a religion--one whose smiley-faced god looks down in rebuke upon everyone who hasn't yet attained the blessed state of perpetual euphoria. How has a liberating principle of the Enlightenment--the right to pursue happiness--become the unavoidable and burdensome responsibility to be happy? How did we become unhappy about not being happy--and what might we do to escape this predicament? In Perpetual Euphoria, Pascal Bruckner takes up these questions wit Includes bibliographical references and index 1800 - 1999 fast Geschichte 1900-2000 Geschichte 1800-1900 Philosophy PHILOSOPHY / Social bisacsh PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy bisacsh PHILOSOPHY / Political bisacsh Happiness fast Happiness / Social aspects fast Geschichte Gesellschaft Philosophie Happiness History 19th century Happiness History 20th century Happiness Social aspects Glück (DE-588)4021325-0 gnd rswk-swf Moderne (DE-588)4039827-4 gnd rswk-swf Hedonismus (DE-588)4159350-9 gnd rswk-swf Glück (DE-588)4021325-0 s Moderne (DE-588)4039827-4 s Hedonismus (DE-588)4159350-9 s 1\p DE-604 Erscheint auch als Druckausgabe 978-0-691-14373-6 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=329786 Aggregator Volltext 1\p cgwrk 20201028 DE-101 https://d-nb.info/provenance/plan#cgwrk |
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title | Perpetual euphoria on the duty to be happy |
title_alt | Euphorie perpétuelle |
title_auth | Perpetual euphoria on the duty to be happy |
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title_full | Perpetual euphoria on the duty to be happy Pascal Bruckner ; translated by Steven Rendall |
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title_full_unstemmed | Perpetual euphoria on the duty to be happy Pascal Bruckner ; translated by Steven Rendall |
title_short | Perpetual euphoria |
title_sort | perpetual euphoria on the duty to be happy |
title_sub | on the duty to be happy |
topic | Philosophy PHILOSOPHY / Social bisacsh PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy bisacsh PHILOSOPHY / Political bisacsh Happiness fast Happiness / Social aspects fast Geschichte Gesellschaft Philosophie Happiness History 19th century Happiness History 20th century Happiness Social aspects Glück (DE-588)4021325-0 gnd Moderne (DE-588)4039827-4 gnd Hedonismus (DE-588)4159350-9 gnd |
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