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Temptation: finding self-control in an age of excess

By Daniel , Akst

Book information

Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
ISBN
9781101559307, 9781101555897, 1101555890, 1101559306
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
329 kB (337335 bytes)
Pages
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Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
Self-help;SELF-HELP--Personal Growth--General;SELF

Description

"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.

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