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The Meaning of Happiness
Культурология

The Meaning of Happiness

Язык: английский
Год: 1940
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Deep down, most people think that happiness comes from having or doing something. Here, in Alan Watts's groundbreaking second book (originally published in 1940), he offers a more challenging thesis: authentic happiness comes from embracing life as...
The News: A User's Manual
Культурология

The News: A User's Manual

Язык: английский
Год: 2014
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The news is everywhere. We can’t stop constantly checking it on our computer screens, but what is this doing to our minds? We are never really taught how to make sense of the torrent of news we face every day, writes Alain de Botton...
The Slave Soul of Russia: Moral Masochism and the Cult of Suffering
История, Культурология

The Slave Soul of Russia: Moral Masochism and the Cult of Suffering

Язык: английский
Год: 1995
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Why, asks Daniel Rancour-Laferriere in this controversial book, has Russia been a country of suffering? Russian history, religion, folklore, and literature are rife with suffering. The plight of Anna Karenina, the submissiveness of serfs in the 16th...
The Spiritual Journey of Alejandro Jodorowsky: The Creator of El Topo
Биографии и мемуары, Культурология

The Spiritual Journey of Alejandro Jodorowsky: The Creator of El Topo

Язык: английский
Год: 2008
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Jodorowsky’s memoirs of his experiences with Master Takata and the group of wisewomen-magiciennes-who influenced his spiritual growth • Reveals Jodorowsky turning the same unsparing spiritual vision seen in El Topo to his own...