The Age of Absurdity - Michael Foley [epub]

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The Age of Absurdity: Why Modern Life Makes it Hard to Be Happy

In a wry take on how contemporary culture is antithetical to happiness, Michael Foley paints a philosophical but hugely entertaining portrait of the cultural landscape—and comes up smiling

The good news is that the great thinkers from history have proposed the same strategies for happiness and fulfillment—the bad news is that these turn out to be the very things most discouraged by contemporary culture. This knotty dilemma is the subject of Michael Foley's wry and accessible investigation into how the desirable states of well-being and satisfaction are constantly undermined by modern life. He examines the elusive condition of happiness common to philosophy, spiritual teachings, and contemporary psychology, then shows how these are becoming increasingly difficult to apply in a world of high expectations. The common challenges of earning a living, maintaining a relationship, and aging are becoming battlegrounds of existential angst and self-loathing in a culture that demands conspicuous consumption, high-octane partnerships, and perpetual youth. Ultimately, rather than denouncing and rejecting the age, Foley presents an entertaining strategy of not just accepting but embracing today's world—finding happiness in its absurdity.



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Thank you for a generally well formatted epub. Two small issues:

Each part and chapter of the book has text headings - these do not show in the index, which is little more than a series of numbers. As a result the index is much less useful than it should be.

There are 303 endnotes in the book but there are no links to or from any of them. Endnotes are marked in the text with a little square box and number, and you have to turn to the Notes section (which *is* in the index) and manually look up the relevant number there.