Perpetual euphoria : on the duty to be happy /
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| Author / Creator: | Bruckner, Pascal. |
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| Uniform title: | Euphorie perpétuelle. English |
| Imprint: | Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2010. |
| Description: | x, 244 p. ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8303604 |
Table of 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.
