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The Good Enough Life
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Description
Attending carefully to the everyday lives of these people, the ethnographic chapters examine topics ranging from freedom and inequality to the creation of community and the purpose of life. These chapters alternate with discussions of similar topics by a wide range of philosophers in the Western tradition, from Socrates and the Stoics through Kant, Hegel and Heidegger to Adorno, Rawls, MacIntyre and Nussbaum.
As an ethnography, this is a book of praise that reveals just how much we can learn from a respectful acknowledgment of what ordinary modest people have achieved. By creating community as a deliberate and social project that provides the foundation for a more fulfilling life, where affluence has not led to an increase in individualism, the people in this town have found a way to live the good enough life. The book also shows how anthropology and philosophy can complement and enrich one another in an inquiry into what we might accomplish in our lives.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
280
Release Date:
2023-11-24
Publication Date:
2024-01-23
Publisher:
Polity Press
Languages:
Original:
English
ISBN10:
1509559655
ISBN13:
9781509559657
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
Weight:
496 g
Height:
150 cm
Width:
224 cm
Thickness:
22 cm
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Very good
Almost no signs of wear. Book pages have no markings, accessories are intact and all other media are in good condition.
€16,59