Perpetual euphoria :: on the duty to be happy /
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...
Gespeichert in:
| 1. Verfasser: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Elektronisch E-Book |
| Sprache: | English French |
| Veröffentlicht: |
Princeton :
Princeton University Press,
©2010.
|
| Schlagworte: | |
| Online-Zugang: | Volltext |
| Zusammenfassung: | 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. |
| Beschreibung: | 1 online resource (x, 244 pages) |
| Bibliographie: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781400835973 1400835976 1282645080 9781282645080 0691143730 9780691143736 |
Internformat
MARC
| LEADER | 00000cam a2200000 a 4500 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | ZDB-4-EBA-ocn650862147 | ||
| 003 | OCoLC | ||
| 005 | 20241004212047.0 | ||
| 006 | m o d | ||
| 007 | cr cnu---unuuu | ||
| 008 | 100729s2010 nju ob 001 0 eng d | ||
| 040 | |a N$T |b eng |e pn |c N$T |d IDEBK |d YDXCP |d CDX |d OCLCQ |d EBLCP |d MHW |d E7B |d REB |d OCLCQ |d REDDC |d OCLCQ |d JSTOR |d OCLCF |d OCLCO |d OCLCQ |d P@U |d COO |d OCLCO |d OCLCQ |d OCLCO |d OCL |d OCLCQ |d DEBBG |d AGLDB |d CPO |d OTZ |d OCLCQ |d MERUC |d OCLCQ |d IOG |d OCLCO |d EZ9 |d STF |d VTS |d RRP |d AU@ |d OCLCQ |d LVT |d DKC |d OCLCQ |d OCLCO |d M8D |d UKAHL |d OCLCQ |d K6U |d OCLCO |d OCLCQ |d INARC |d OCLCO |d OCLCQ |d OCLCL | ||
| 019 | |a 738750738 |a 748357202 |a 816564420 | ||
| 020 | |a 9781400835973 |q (electronic bk.) | ||
| 020 | |a 1400835976 |q (electronic bk.) | ||
| 020 | |a 1282645080 | ||
| 020 | |a 9781282645080 | ||
| 020 | |a 0691143730 |q (hardcover ; |q alk. paper) | ||
| 020 | |a 9780691143736 |q (hardcover ; |q alk. paper) | ||
| 020 | |z 9780691143736 |q (hardcover ; |q alk. paper) | ||
| 035 | |a (OCoLC)650862147 |z (OCoLC)738750738 |z (OCoLC)748357202 |z (OCoLC)816564420 | ||
| 037 | |a 22573/ctt10b46 |b JSTOR | ||
| 041 | 1 | |a eng |h fre | |
| 050 | 4 | |a BJ1482 |b .B7813 2010eb | |
| 072 | 7 | |a PHI |x 034000 |2 bisacsh | |
| 072 | 7 | |a PHI |x 005000 |2 bisacsh | |
| 072 | 7 | |a PHI019000 |2 bisacsh | |
| 072 | 7 | |a POL010000 |2 bisacsh | |
| 072 | 7 | |a HPS |2 bicssc | |
| 082 | 7 | |a 170 |2 22 | |
| 049 | |a MAIN | ||
| 100 | 1 | |a Bruckner, Pascal. | |
| 240 | 1 | 0 | |a Euphorie perpétuelle. |l English |
| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Perpetual euphoria : |b on the duty to be happy / |c Pascal Bruckner ; translated by Steven Rendall. |
| 260 | |a Princeton : |b Princeton University Press, |c ©2010. | ||
| 300 | |a 1 online resource (x, 244 pages) | ||
| 336 | |a text |b txt |2 rdacontent | ||
| 337 | |a computer |b c |2 rdamedia | ||
| 338 | |a online resource |b cr |2 rdacarrier | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a 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. | |
| 520 | |a 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. | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index. | ||
| 588 | 0 | |a Print version record. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Happiness |x History |y 19th century. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Happiness |x History |y 20th century. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Happiness |x Social aspects. | |
| 650 | 6 | |a Bonheur |x Histoire |y 19e siècle. | |
| 650 | 6 | |a Bonheur |x Histoire |y 20e siècle. | |
| 650 | 6 | |a Bonheur |x Aspect social. | |
| 650 | 7 | |a PHILOSOPHY |x Social. |2 bisacsh | |
| 650 | 7 | |a PHILOSOPHY |x Ethics & Moral Philosophy. |2 bisacsh | |
| 650 | 7 | |a PHILOSOPHY |x Political. |2 bisacsh | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Happiness |2 fast | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Happiness |x Social aspects |2 fast | |
| 648 | 7 | |a 1800-1999 |2 fast | |
| 655 | 7 | |a History |2 fast | |
| 758 | |i has work: |a Perpetual euphoria (Text) |1 https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCFRpwg6TPKPmPFMBMGmDMd |4 https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/hasWork | ||
| 776 | 0 | 8 | |i Print version: |a Bruckner, Pascal. |s Euphorie perpétuelle. English. |t Perpetual euphoria. |d Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©2010 |z 9780691143736 |w (DLC) 2009039254 |w (OCoLC)440562967 |
| 856 | 4 | 0 | |l FWS01 |p ZDB-4-EBA |q FWS_PDA_EBA |u https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=329786 |3 Volltext |
| 938 | |a Internet Archive |b INAR |n perpetualeuphori0000bruc | ||
| 938 | |a Askews and Holts Library Services |b ASKH |n AH26387740 | ||
| 938 | |a Coutts Information Services |b COUT |n 13929497 | ||
| 938 | |a EBL - Ebook Library |b EBLB |n EBL548756 | ||
| 938 | |a ebrary |b EBRY |n ebr10397709 | ||
| 938 | |a EBSCOhost |b EBSC |n 329786 | ||
| 938 | |a ProQuest MyiLibrary Digital eBook Collection |b IDEB |n 264508 | ||
| 938 | |a Project MUSE |b MUSE |n muse36831 | ||
| 938 | |a YBP Library Services |b YANK |n 3343468 | ||
| 994 | |a 92 |b GEBAY | ||
| 912 | |a ZDB-4-EBA | ||
| 049 | |a DE-863 | ||
Datensatz im Suchindex
| DE-BY-FWS_katkey | ZDB-4-EBA-ocn650862147 |
|---|---|
| _version_ | 1816881732811489280 |
| adam_text | |
| any_adam_object | |
| author | Bruckner, Pascal |
| author_facet | Bruckner, Pascal |
| author_role | |
| author_sort | Bruckner, Pascal |
| author_variant | p b pb |
| building | Verbundindex |
| bvnumber | localFWS |
| callnumber-first | B - Philosophy, Psychology, Religion |
| callnumber-label | BJ1482 |
| callnumber-raw | BJ1482 .B7813 2010eb |
| callnumber-search | BJ1482 .B7813 2010eb |
| callnumber-sort | BJ 41482 B7813 42010EB |
| callnumber-subject | BJ - Ethics |
| collection | ZDB-4-EBA |
| contents | 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. |
| ctrlnum | (OCoLC)650862147 |
| dewey-full | 170 |
| dewey-hundreds | 100 - Philosophy & psychology |
| dewey-ones | 170 - Ethics (Moral philosophy) |
| dewey-raw | 170 |
| dewey-search | 170 |
| dewey-sort | 3170 |
| dewey-tens | 170 - Ethics (Moral philosophy) |
| discipline | Philosophie |
| era | 1800-1999 fast |
| era_facet | 1800-1999 |
| format | Electronic eBook |
| fullrecord | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><collection xmlns="http://www.loc.gov/MARC21/slim"><record><leader>04511cam a2200793 a 4500</leader><controlfield tag="001">ZDB-4-EBA-ocn650862147</controlfield><controlfield tag="003">OCoLC</controlfield><controlfield tag="005">20241004212047.0</controlfield><controlfield tag="006">m o d </controlfield><controlfield tag="007">cr cnu---unuuu</controlfield><controlfield tag="008">100729s2010 nju ob 001 0 eng d</controlfield><datafield tag="040" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">N$T</subfield><subfield code="b">eng</subfield><subfield code="e">pn</subfield><subfield code="c">N$T</subfield><subfield code="d">IDEBK</subfield><subfield code="d">YDXCP</subfield><subfield code="d">CDX</subfield><subfield code="d">OCLCQ</subfield><subfield code="d">EBLCP</subfield><subfield code="d">MHW</subfield><subfield code="d">E7B</subfield><subfield code="d">REB</subfield><subfield code="d">OCLCQ</subfield><subfield code="d">REDDC</subfield><subfield code="d">OCLCQ</subfield><subfield code="d">JSTOR</subfield><subfield code="d">OCLCF</subfield><subfield code="d">OCLCO</subfield><subfield code="d">OCLCQ</subfield><subfield code="d">P@U</subfield><subfield code="d">COO</subfield><subfield code="d">OCLCO</subfield><subfield code="d">OCLCQ</subfield><subfield code="d">OCLCO</subfield><subfield code="d">OCL</subfield><subfield code="d">OCLCQ</subfield><subfield code="d">DEBBG</subfield><subfield code="d">AGLDB</subfield><subfield code="d">CPO</subfield><subfield code="d">OTZ</subfield><subfield code="d">OCLCQ</subfield><subfield code="d">MERUC</subfield><subfield code="d">OCLCQ</subfield><subfield code="d">IOG</subfield><subfield code="d">OCLCO</subfield><subfield code="d">EZ9</subfield><subfield code="d">STF</subfield><subfield code="d">VTS</subfield><subfield code="d">RRP</subfield><subfield code="d">AU@</subfield><subfield code="d">OCLCQ</subfield><subfield code="d">LVT</subfield><subfield code="d">DKC</subfield><subfield code="d">OCLCQ</subfield><subfield code="d">OCLCO</subfield><subfield code="d">M8D</subfield><subfield code="d">UKAHL</subfield><subfield code="d">OCLCQ</subfield><subfield code="d">K6U</subfield><subfield code="d">OCLCO</subfield><subfield code="d">OCLCQ</subfield><subfield code="d">INARC</subfield><subfield code="d">OCLCO</subfield><subfield code="d">OCLCQ</subfield><subfield code="d">OCLCL</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="019" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">738750738</subfield><subfield code="a">748357202</subfield><subfield code="a">816564420</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="020" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">9781400835973</subfield><subfield code="q">(electronic bk.)</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="020" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">1400835976</subfield><subfield code="q">(electronic bk.)</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="020" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">1282645080</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="020" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">9781282645080</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="020" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">0691143730</subfield><subfield code="q">(hardcover ;</subfield><subfield code="q">alk. paper)</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="020" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">9780691143736</subfield><subfield code="q">(hardcover ;</subfield><subfield code="q">alk. paper)</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="020" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="z">9780691143736</subfield><subfield code="q">(hardcover ;</subfield><subfield code="q">alk. paper)</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="035" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">(OCoLC)650862147</subfield><subfield code="z">(OCoLC)738750738</subfield><subfield code="z">(OCoLC)748357202</subfield><subfield code="z">(OCoLC)816564420</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="037" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">22573/ctt10b46</subfield><subfield code="b">JSTOR</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="041" ind1="1" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">eng</subfield><subfield code="h">fre</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="050" ind1=" " ind2="4"><subfield code="a">BJ1482</subfield><subfield code="b">.B7813 2010eb</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="072" ind1=" " ind2="7"><subfield code="a">PHI</subfield><subfield code="x">034000</subfield><subfield code="2">bisacsh</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="072" ind1=" " ind2="7"><subfield code="a">PHI</subfield><subfield code="x">005000</subfield><subfield code="2">bisacsh</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="072" ind1=" " ind2="7"><subfield code="a">PHI019000</subfield><subfield code="2">bisacsh</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="072" ind1=" " ind2="7"><subfield code="a">POL010000</subfield><subfield code="2">bisacsh</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="072" ind1=" " ind2="7"><subfield code="a">HPS</subfield><subfield code="2">bicssc</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="082" ind1="7" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">170</subfield><subfield code="2">22</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="049" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">MAIN</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="100" ind1="1" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Bruckner, Pascal.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="240" ind1="1" ind2="0"><subfield code="a">Euphorie perpétuelle.</subfield><subfield code="l">English</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="245" ind1="1" ind2="0"><subfield code="a">Perpetual euphoria :</subfield><subfield code="b">on the duty to be happy /</subfield><subfield code="c">Pascal Bruckner ; translated by Steven Rendall.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="260" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Princeton :</subfield><subfield code="b">Princeton University Press,</subfield><subfield code="c">©2010.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="300" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">1 online resource (x, 244 pages)</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="336" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">text</subfield><subfield code="b">txt</subfield><subfield code="2">rdacontent</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="337" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">computer</subfield><subfield code="b">c</subfield><subfield code="2">rdamedia</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="338" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">online resource</subfield><subfield code="b">cr</subfield><subfield code="2">rdacarrier</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="505" ind1="0" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">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.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="520" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">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.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="504" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Includes bibliographical references and index.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="588" ind1="0" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Print version record.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1=" " ind2="0"><subfield code="a">Happiness</subfield><subfield code="x">History</subfield><subfield code="y">19th century.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1=" " ind2="0"><subfield code="a">Happiness</subfield><subfield code="x">History</subfield><subfield code="y">20th century.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1=" " ind2="0"><subfield code="a">Happiness</subfield><subfield code="x">Social aspects.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1=" " ind2="6"><subfield code="a">Bonheur</subfield><subfield code="x">Histoire</subfield><subfield code="y">19e siècle.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1=" " ind2="6"><subfield code="a">Bonheur</subfield><subfield code="x">Histoire</subfield><subfield code="y">20e siècle.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1=" " ind2="6"><subfield code="a">Bonheur</subfield><subfield code="x">Aspect social.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1=" " ind2="7"><subfield code="a">PHILOSOPHY</subfield><subfield code="x">Social.</subfield><subfield code="2">bisacsh</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1=" " ind2="7"><subfield code="a">PHILOSOPHY</subfield><subfield code="x">Ethics & Moral Philosophy.</subfield><subfield code="2">bisacsh</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1=" " ind2="7"><subfield code="a">PHILOSOPHY</subfield><subfield code="x">Political.</subfield><subfield code="2">bisacsh</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1=" " ind2="7"><subfield code="a">Happiness</subfield><subfield code="2">fast</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1=" " ind2="7"><subfield code="a">Happiness</subfield><subfield code="x">Social aspects</subfield><subfield code="2">fast</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="648" ind1=" " ind2="7"><subfield code="a">1800-1999</subfield><subfield code="2">fast</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="655" ind1=" " ind2="7"><subfield code="a">History</subfield><subfield code="2">fast</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="758" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="i">has work:</subfield><subfield code="a">Perpetual euphoria (Text)</subfield><subfield code="1">https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCFRpwg6TPKPmPFMBMGmDMd</subfield><subfield code="4">https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/hasWork</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="776" ind1="0" ind2="8"><subfield code="i">Print version:</subfield><subfield code="a">Bruckner, Pascal.</subfield><subfield code="s">Euphorie perpétuelle. English.</subfield><subfield code="t">Perpetual euphoria.</subfield><subfield code="d">Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©2010</subfield><subfield code="z">9780691143736</subfield><subfield code="w">(DLC) 2009039254</subfield><subfield code="w">(OCoLC)440562967</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="856" ind1="4" ind2="0"><subfield code="l">FWS01</subfield><subfield code="p">ZDB-4-EBA</subfield><subfield code="q">FWS_PDA_EBA</subfield><subfield code="u">https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=329786</subfield><subfield code="3">Volltext</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="938" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Internet Archive</subfield><subfield code="b">INAR</subfield><subfield code="n">perpetualeuphori0000bruc</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="938" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Askews and Holts Library Services</subfield><subfield code="b">ASKH</subfield><subfield code="n">AH26387740</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="938" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Coutts Information Services</subfield><subfield code="b">COUT</subfield><subfield code="n">13929497</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="938" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">EBL - Ebook Library</subfield><subfield code="b">EBLB</subfield><subfield code="n">EBL548756</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="938" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">ebrary</subfield><subfield code="b">EBRY</subfield><subfield code="n">ebr10397709</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="938" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">EBSCOhost</subfield><subfield code="b">EBSC</subfield><subfield code="n">329786</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="938" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">ProQuest MyiLibrary Digital eBook Collection</subfield><subfield code="b">IDEB</subfield><subfield code="n">264508</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="938" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Project MUSE</subfield><subfield code="b">MUSE</subfield><subfield code="n">muse36831</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="938" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">YBP Library Services</subfield><subfield code="b">YANK</subfield><subfield code="n">3343468</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="994" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">92</subfield><subfield code="b">GEBAY</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">ZDB-4-EBA</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="049" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">DE-863</subfield></datafield></record></collection> |
| genre | History fast |
| genre_facet | History |
| id | ZDB-4-EBA-ocn650862147 |
| illustrated | Not Illustrated |
| indexdate | 2024-11-27T13:17:24Z |
| institution | BVB |
| isbn | 9781400835973 1400835976 1282645080 9781282645080 0691143730 9780691143736 |
| language | English French |
| oclc_num | 650862147 |
| open_access_boolean | |
| owner | MAIN DE-863 DE-BY-FWS |
| owner_facet | MAIN DE-863 DE-BY-FWS |
| physical | 1 online resource (x, 244 pages) |
| psigel | ZDB-4-EBA |
| publishDate | 2010 |
| publishDateSearch | 2010 |
| publishDateSort | 2010 |
| publisher | Princeton University Press, |
| record_format | marc |
| spelling | Bruckner, Pascal. Euphorie perpétuelle. English Perpetual euphoria : on the duty to be happy / Pascal Bruckner ; translated by Steven Rendall. Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©2010. 1 online resource (x, 244 pages) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier 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. Print version record. Happiness History 19th century. Happiness History 20th century. Happiness Social aspects. Bonheur Histoire 19e siècle. Bonheur Histoire 20e siècle. Bonheur Aspect social. PHILOSOPHY Social. bisacsh PHILOSOPHY Ethics & Moral Philosophy. bisacsh PHILOSOPHY Political. bisacsh Happiness fast Happiness Social aspects fast 1800-1999 fast History fast has work: Perpetual euphoria (Text) https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCFRpwg6TPKPmPFMBMGmDMd https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/hasWork Print version: Bruckner, Pascal. Euphorie perpétuelle. English. Perpetual euphoria. Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©2010 9780691143736 (DLC) 2009039254 (OCoLC)440562967 FWS01 ZDB-4-EBA FWS_PDA_EBA https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=329786 Volltext |
| spellingShingle | Bruckner, Pascal Perpetual euphoria : on the duty to be happy / 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 History 19th century. Happiness History 20th century. Happiness Social aspects. Bonheur Histoire 19e siècle. Bonheur Histoire 20e siècle. Bonheur Aspect social. PHILOSOPHY Social. bisacsh PHILOSOPHY Ethics & Moral Philosophy. bisacsh PHILOSOPHY Political. bisacsh Happiness fast Happiness Social aspects fast |
| title | Perpetual euphoria : on the duty to be happy / |
| title_alt | Euphorie perpétuelle. |
| title_auth | Perpetual euphoria : on the duty to be happy / |
| title_exact_search | Perpetual euphoria : on the duty to be happy / |
| title_full | Perpetual euphoria : on the duty to be happy / Pascal Bruckner ; translated by Steven Rendall. |
| title_fullStr | Perpetual euphoria : on the duty to be happy / Pascal Bruckner ; translated by Steven Rendall. |
| 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 | Happiness History 19th century. Happiness History 20th century. Happiness Social aspects. Bonheur Histoire 19e siècle. Bonheur Histoire 20e siècle. Bonheur Aspect social. PHILOSOPHY Social. bisacsh PHILOSOPHY Ethics & Moral Philosophy. bisacsh PHILOSOPHY Political. bisacsh Happiness fast Happiness Social aspects fast |
| topic_facet | Happiness History 19th century. Happiness History 20th century. Happiness Social aspects. Bonheur Histoire 19e siècle. Bonheur Histoire 20e siècle. Bonheur Aspect social. PHILOSOPHY Social. PHILOSOPHY Ethics & Moral Philosophy. PHILOSOPHY Political. Happiness Happiness Social aspects History |
| url | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=329786 |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT brucknerpascal euphorieperpetuelle AT brucknerpascal perpetualeuphoriaonthedutytobehappy |