Are You Serious?: How to Be True and Get Real in the Age of Silly |
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| Authors: | Siegel, Lee |
| Publisher: | Harper |
| BISAC/Subject: | SOC000000, SOC026000, EDU016000 |
| ISBN: | 9780062064127, Related ISBNs: 0062064126, 9780061766039, 9780062064127 |
| Classification: | Non-Fiction |
| Number of pages: | 224, |
| Audience: | General/trade |
Synopsis: LeeSiegel, author of Falling Upwards, Not RemotelyControlled, and Against the Machine delivers a provocative critique ofmodern lightness and frivolity, and a timely guide to being serious in an unserious age. In the vein of The Culture of Narcissism, Shop Class as Soulcraft, and How Proust Can Change Your Life,Siegel offers a revelatory look at how a serious bearing is vital toaccomplishing any worthwhile goal in an era increasingly defined by a sardonicapproach to life.
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