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Record ID marc_nuls/NULS_PHC_180925.mrc:300083247:2175
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008 120608s2012 nyu b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2012022880
020 $a9780865479418 (hbk. : alk. paper) :$c$25.00
020 $a0865479410 (hbk. : alk. paper)
035 $a(CSdNU)u507283-01national_inst
035 $a(OCoLC)778422486
035 $a(OCoLC)778422486
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050 00 $aBF575.H27$bB86 2012
082 00 $a158$223
100 1 $aBurkeman, Oliver.
245 14 $aThe antidote :$bhappiness for people who can't stand positive thinking /$cOliver Burkeman.
250 $a1st American ed.
260 $aNew York :$bFaber and Faber,$c2012.
300 $a236 p. ;$c22 cm.
500 $a"Originally published in 2012 by Canongate Books, Great Britain"--T.p. verso.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aOn 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.
520 $aExploring 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.
650 0 $aHappiness.
650 0 $aPositive psychology.
650 0 $aNegativism.
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