The antidote : happiness for people who can't stand positive thinking / Oliver Burkeman.
Exploring the dark side of the theories put forth by such icons as Norman Vincent Peale and Eckhart Tolle by looking to both ancient philosophy and current business theory, Burkeman--a feature writer for British newspaper The Guardian--offers up the counterintuitive idea that only by embracing and examining failure and loss and unhappiness will we become free of it.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780865479418
- ISBN: 0865479410
- Physical Description: 236 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition: 1st American edition
- Publisher: New York : Faber and Faber, 2012.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "Originally published in 2012 by Canongate Books, Great Britain"--T.p. verso. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | On trying too hard to be happy -- What would Seneca do? : the Stoic art of confronting the worst-case scenario -- The storm before the calm : a Buddhist guide to not thinking positively -- Goal crazy : when trying to control the future doesn't work -- Who's there : how to get over your self -- The safety catch : the hidden benefits of insecurity -- The Museum of Failure : the case for embracing your errors -- Memento mori : death as a way of life -- Negative capability. |
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| Subject: | Happiness. Positive psychology. Negativism. |
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- 9 of 13 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at McDowell County Public Library.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Marion Library | 158 BUR (Text) | 37810435041412 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
