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Embracing the Ordinary: Lessons From the Champions of Everyday Life
Michael Foley
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Description for Embracing the Ordinary: Lessons From the Champions of Everyday Life
Paperback. A witty insight into the contentment that can be found by rediscovering the joys of everyday things. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: HPX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 22. Weight in Grams: 234.
It has always been difficult to appreciate everyday life, often devalued as dreary, banal and burdensome, and never more so than in a culture besotted with fantasy, celebrity and glamour. Yet many writers, artists, film-makers and photographers have celebrated the ordinary life around them, and many philosophers, anthropologists, psychologists and neuroscientists have offered insights into the difficulties and rewards of paying attention to the here and now. With characteristic wit and earthiness, Michael Foley - author of the bestselling The Age of Absurdity- draws on the work of these artists and thinkers, and encourages us to delight in the complexities ... Read more
It has always been difficult to appreciate everyday life, often devalued as dreary, banal and burdensome, and never more so than in a culture besotted with fantasy, celebrity and glamour. Yet many writers, artists, film-makers and photographers have celebrated the ordinary life around them, and many philosophers, anthropologists, psychologists and neuroscientists have offered insights into the difficulties and rewards of paying attention to the here and now. With characteristic wit and earthiness, Michael Foley - author of the bestselling The Age of Absurdity- draws on the work of these artists and thinkers, and encourages us to delight in the complexities ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781849839136
SKU
V9781849839136
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About Michael Foley
Michael Foley was born in Derry, Northern Ireland, but has lived most of his adult life in London, working for twenty-three years as a Lecturer in Information Technology at the University of Westminster before retiring in 2007 to concentrate on full-time writing. He has published critically-acclaimed poetry, novels and non-fiction, including New and Selected Poems (Blackstaff Press 2011). His first ... Read more
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