We Have Met the Enemy : self-control in an age of excess / Daniel Akst
- Bib ID:
- 8037896
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Akst, Daniel, author
- Online Access:
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- Access Conditions:
- National edeposit: Available onsite at national, state and territory libraries
- Description:
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- Carlton North : Scribe Publications Pty Ltd., 2011
- Brunswick, Victoria : Scribe Publications, 2011
- 1 online resource (320 pages)
- File Characteristics:
- text file EPUB 557KB
- ISBN:
- 9781921753626 (EPUB)
- Series:
- EBL ebooks online
- Summary:
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How do you save yourself from your destructive desires? All this freedom is making us ill. Perhaps half of all deaths are caused by overeating, smoking, drinking too much, failing to exercise, and other behaviours we indulge in against our better judgement. Why do so many of us embark knowingly on the long march to slow-motion suicide? In this brilliant and irreverent search for answers, Daniel Akst delves deep into overconsumption, overspending, procrastination, expletive-laden anger, promiscuity, and most of the other homely transgressions that bedevil us in a world of freedom, prosperity, and technological empowerment. He draws a vivid picture of the many-sided problem of desire - and delivers a blueprint for how we can steer more directly toward the wants we most want for ourselves.
- Full contents:
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- Cover page; title page; copyright page; contents; preface; 1. a democracy of excess; 2. sickening excess; 3. on having yourself committed; 4. the cost of good inventions; 5. the perils of prosperity; 6. self-control and social change; 7. the greek way; 8. the marshmallow test; 9. the seesaw struggle; 10. let my people go; 11. the intimate contest; 12. the mind-body problem; 13. self-control, free will, and other oxymorons; 14. odysseus and the pigeons; 15. crimes of passion; 16. addiction, compulsion, and choice; 17. tomorrow is another day; 18. cutting loose.
- 19. government and self-government20. being your own godfather; 21. carpe diem; acknowledgments; notes.
- Notes:
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- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on print version record
- Subject:
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- Moderation
- Self-control
- Supply and demand
- Assertiveness, motivation & self-esteem
- Consumerism
- Material culture
- Philosophy - General
- Popular culture
- Popular philosophy
- Popular psychology
- Psychology - Applied Psychology
- Self-help - Motivational
- Self-help - Personal Growth - General
- Self-help - Substance Abuse & Addictions - General
- Australian
- Genre/Form:
- Electronic books
- Other authors/contributors:
- Scribe
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- EBL
- Copyright:
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In Copyright
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- Material type:
- Literary, dramatic or musical work
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 2011
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