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How to be a Failure and Still Live Well - A Philosophy (Hardcover)
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How to be a Failure and Still Live Well - A Philosophy (Hardcover)
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In consumer economies, success has increasingly been defined in
terms of material attainment and the achievement of status. This
model of 'the good life' and its formulas for success ignore the
haunting possibility that one may not succeed and as a result be
deemed 'a failure'. How to be a Failure and Still Live Well
explores that often neglected theme of failure, not just as the
opposite of achievement, but also, and more importantly, how it has
been conflated with loss: that which haunts all transient, mortal
human experience. Understanding loss as a form of failure affects
our ability to cope with the everyday losses that permeate
existence as a result of the natural processes of ageing, death,
and decay. Engaging with loss and thinking about what it
inevitability means for our lives and commitments, allows different
values to emerge than those connected to success as attainment.
Relationships, spontaneity, and generosity are explored as
qualities that arise from taking seriously our vulnerability and
that form the basis for richer accounts of what it might mean to
'live well'.
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