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How to be a failure and still live well [electronic resource] : a Philosophy.

By: Clack, Beverley [author.]Material type: Text

TextLondon : Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2020Description: 1 online resource (265 p.)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 1350030678; 9781350030701; 1350030708; 9781350030671Subject(s): Failure (Psychology) | Fear of failure | Social values | Capitalism -- Social aspects | Self-actualization (Psychology) | Feminism & feminist theory | Capitalism -- Social aspects | Failure (Psychology) | Fear of failure | Self-actualization (Psychology) | Social valuesGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: How to Be a Failure and Still Live Well : A PhilosophyDDC classification: 158 LOC classification: BF575.F14 | C53 2020ebBF575.F14 | C53 2020ebOnline resources: EBSCOhost

Contents:

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.

Summary: "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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Online	Gratia Christian College Library Internet	E-book		Available		8000198Q

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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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