ISBN: 9780197530689

In this book, William Ian Miller offers his reflections on the perverse consequences, indeed often the opposite of intended effects, of so-called ""good things"". Noted for his remarkable… Mehr…

In this book, William Ian Miller offers his reflections on the perverse consequences, indeed often the opposite of intended effects, of so-called ""good things"". Noted for his remarkable erudition, wit, and playful pessimism, Miller here ranges over topics from personal disasters to literaryand national ones. Drawing on a truly immense store of knowledge encompassing literature, philosophy, theology, and history, he excavates the evidence of human anxieties around scarcity in all its forms (from scarcity of food to luck to where we stand in the eyes of others caught in a game ofmusical chairs we often do not even know we are playing). With wit and sensitivity, along with a large measure of fearless self-scrutiny, he points to and invites us to recognize the gloomy, neurotic, despondent tendencies of reasonably sentient human life. The book is a careful examination ofnegative beliefs, inviting an experience of bleak fellow-feeling among the author, the reader and many a hapless soul across the centuries. Just what makes you more nervous, he asks, a run of good luck, or a run of bad? | Outrageous Fortune by William Ian Miller Hardcover | Indigo Chapters Books > Philosophy P10105, William Ian Miller<

2020, ISBN: 9780197530689

[ED: Gebunden], [PU: Oxford University Press, USA], In this book, William Ian Miller offers his reflections on the perverse consequences of so-called 'good things.' With wit and sensitivi… Mehr…

[ED: Gebunden], [PU: Oxford University Press, USA], In this book, William Ian Miller offers his reflections on the perverse consequences of so-called 'good things.' With wit and sensitivity, along with a large measure of fearless self-scrutiny, he points to and invites us to recognize the gloomy, neurotic, despondent tendencies of reasonably sentient humanity., DE, [SC: 0.00], Neuware, gewerbliches Angebot, 192, [GW: 386g], Banküberweisung, PayPal, [CT: Sonstiges / Sonstiges]<

ISBN: 9780197530689

In this book, William Ian Miller offers his reflections on the perverse consequences of so-called 'good things.' With wit and sensitivity, along with a large measure of fearless self-scru… Mehr…

In this book, William Ian Miller offers his reflections on the perverse consequences of so-called 'good things.' With wit and sensitivity, along with a large measure of fearless self-scrutiny, he points to and invites us to recognize the gloomy, neurotic, despondent tendencies of reasonably sentient humanity. Buch, Oxford University Press Inc<

2021, ISBN: 9780197530689

Gloomy Reflections on Luck and Life, Buch, Hardcover, [PU: Oxford University Press Inc], Oxford University Press Inc, 2021