An irreverent investigation into the modern world’s struggles with self-control traces how such indulgences as over-eating, over-spending and wayward sexuality have replaced tradition, ideology and faith at a cost of individual and societal resilience. By the author of Wonder Boy.
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Akst is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania who spent 13 years in Los Angeles before moving to the Hudson Valley, where he lives with his wife and two sons.
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Hardback. Zustand: Very Good. This elegantly written and useful book . . . describes how, for millennia, human beings have struggled to rein in desire. -USA Today At a time when the fallout from reckless spending and unrestrained consumption is fueling a national malaise, Daniel Akst delivers a witty and comprehensive investigation of the central problem of our time: how to save ourselves from what we want. Temptation reminds us that while more calories, sex, and intoxicants are readily available than ever before, crucial social constraints have eroded, creating a world that sorely tests the limits of human willpower. Referencing history, literature, psychology, philosophy, and economics, Akst draws a vivid picture of the many-sided problem of desire-and delivers a blueprint for how we can steer shrewdly away from a campaign of self-destruction. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers CIN1594202818VG
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Hardback. Zustand: Good. This elegantly written and useful book . . . describes how, for millennia, human beings have struggled to rein in desire. -USA Today At a time when the fallout from reckless spending and unrestrained consumption is fueling a national malaise, Daniel Akst delivers a witty and comprehensive investigation of the central problem of our time: how to save ourselves from what we want. Temptation reminds us that while more calories, sex, and intoxicants are readily available than ever before, crucial social constraints have eroded, creating a world that sorely tests the limits of human willpower. Referencing history, literature, psychology, philosophy, and economics, Akst draws a vivid picture of the many-sided problem of desire-and delivers a blueprint for how we can steer shrewdly away from a campaign of self-destruction. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers CIN1594202818G
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