The School of Life Presents How to Survive the Modern World

MONDAY, JUNE 6 AT 6 PM A night of conversation to celebrate the launch of How to Survive the Modern World, a hopeful guide to living well in the 21st century.REGISTER HEREGuests over the age of five must wear masks and show proof of vaccination (either a vaccine card or an Excelsior Pass). Join The School of Life at Rizzoli for a unique and fascinating evening of conversation to celebrate the US launch of their title, How to Survive the Modern World, on June 6 at 6 pm. Many of us long to have great conversations: ones where we can discuss ideas, experiences and hopes for a better world with like-minded, interesting people we may never have met before. Sadly, such conversations seem to come about all too rarely. That’s why The School of Life hosts conversation evenings: occasions for the best kinds of conversation and connection. Following an introduction from our faculty, you’ll be broken up into smaller groups to discuss and reflect on the topic of "How to Survive the Modern World." We’ll then invite you to form new circles and discuss different topics, giving you the chance to meet a wide variety of people and cover some of life’s most important themes along the way. Heart-warming and engaging, this event will help us identify the sources of our anxieties and sorrows in the modern world. It will help us understand how we got to where we are, digging deeply and fascinatingly into the history of ideas and pointing us towards a saner individual and collective future.About The School of Life The School of Life is a global organisation helping people lead more fulfilled lives. The School of Life Press brings together the thinking and ideas of the School of Life creative team under the direction of series editor, Alain de Botton.

Bookshop
HOW TO SURVIVE THE MODERN WORLD: MAKING SENSE OF, AND FINDING CALM IN, UNSTEADY TIMES
Price
$29.99
Available in stock
How to Survive the Modern World: Making Sense Of, and Finding Calm In, Unsteady Times
Non-Fiction
Philosphy, Religion
Hardcover
HOW TO SURVIVE THE MODERN WORLD: MAKING SENSE OF, AND FINDING CALM IN, UNSTEADY TIMES
$29.99
Available in stock
Description

A hopeful guide to living well in the 21st century.


The modern world has brought us a range of extraordinary benefits and joys, including technology, medicine, and transportation. But with these advances, it seems, we've also seen an increase in greed, despair, and agitation.


How to Survive the Modern World is the ultimate guide to navigating our unusual times. The book tackles our relationship to the news, our identities, our careers, our relationship to the natural world, our admiration for science and technology, our belief in individualism and secularism - and our suspicion of quiet and solitude.


This book helps us form a calmer, more authentic, more resilient, and more light-hearted relationship to the complexities of our age. If modern times can feel like a disease, this book is both the diagnosis and the soothing, hope-filled cure.


  • IDENTIFIES THE SOURCE OF SHARED ANXIETY helps us identify the sources of our sorrows in the modern world.
  • PRACTICAL ADVICE on dealing with the challenges presented by capitalism, advertising and the media.
  • CHAPTERS INCLUDE Media, Materialism, Family, Love, Work, Sex, Science & Religion, Democracy and Nature.
  • BEAUTIFULLY PRODUCED premium gift format.
    • Description

    A hopeful guide to living well in the 21st century.


    The modern world has brought us a range of extraordinary benefits and joys, including technology, medicine, and transportation. But with these advances, it seems, we've also seen an increase in greed, despair, and agitation.


    How to Survive the Modern World is the ultimate guide to navigating our unusual times. The book tackles our relationship to the news, our identities, our careers, our relationship to the natural world, our admiration for science and technology, our belief in individualism and secularism - and our suspicion of quiet and solitude.


    This book helps us form a calmer, more authentic, more resilient, and more light-hearted relationship to the complexities of our age. If modern times can feel like a disease, this book is both the diagnosis and the soothing, hope-filled cure.


  • IDENTIFIES THE SOURCE OF SHARED ANXIETY helps us identify the sources of our sorrows in the modern world.
  • PRACTICAL ADVICE on dealing with the challenges presented by capitalism, advertising and the media.
  • CHAPTERS INCLUDE Media, Materialism, Family, Love, Work, Sex, Science & Religion, Democracy and Nature.
  • BEAUTIFULLY PRODUCED premium gift format.
    • ISBN
    9781912891535
    By
    The School of Life
    Publisher
    Consortium Book Sales
    Publication Date
    2022-06-07
    Binding
    Hardcover
    Item Condition
    New
    Stock Binding
    Hardcover