TY  - BOOK
AU  - Clack,Beverley
TI  - How to be a failure and still live well: a Philosophy
SN  - 1350030678
AV  - BF575.F14 C53 2020eb
U1  - 158 
PY  - 2020///
CY  - London
PB  - Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
KW  - Failure (Psychology)
KW  - Fear of failure
KW  - Social values
KW  - Capitalism
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Self-actualization (Psychology)
KW  - Feminism & feminist theory
KW  - bicssc
KW  - fast
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Description based upon print version of record; Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Failure: And How to Live Well -- Chapter 1: Success, Failure, and the 21st Century Good Life -- Chapter 2: Women, Failure, and the Fear of Loss -- Chapter 3: Death and Sickness, Loss and Failure -- Chapter 4: Factoring Out Failure, Factoring Out Humanity: Bureaucracy, Metrics, and the Loss of Spontaneity -- Chapter 5: From Homo Economicus to Homo Religiosus: Remaking the Human -- Chapter 6: Accepting Failure, Embracing Loss -- Conclusion: Being a Failure and Living Well -- Bibliography
N2  - "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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