Name: Perpetual Euphoria: On the Duty to be Happy
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Author: Pascal Bruckner
ISBN: 9780691204031

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Perpetual Euphoria: On the Duty to be Happy

Type

Physical Book

Author

Pascal Bruckner

Publisher

Princeton Univ Pr

Year

2020

Language

English

Pages

256

Format

Paperback

ISBN13

9780691204031

Synopsis "Perpetual Euphoria: On the Duty to be Happy "

Happiness today is not just a possibility or an option but a requirement and a duty. To fail to be happy is to fail utterly. Happiness has become a religion--one whose smiley-faced god looks down in rebuke upon everyone who hasn't yet attained the blessed state of perpetual euphoria. How has a liberating principle of the Enlightenment--the right to pursue happiness--become the unavoidable and burdensome responsibility to be happy? How did we become unhappy about not being happy--and what might we do to escape this predicament? In Perpetual Euphoria, Pascal Bruckner takes up these questions with all his unconventional wit, force, and brilliance, arguing that we might be happier if we simply abandoned our mad pursuit of happiness. Gripped by the twin illusions that we are responsible for being happy or unhappy and that happiness can be produced by effort, many of us are now martyring ourselves--sacrificing our time, fortunes, health, and peace of mind--in the hope of entering an earthly paradise. Much better, Bruckner argues, would be to accept that happiness is an unbidden and fragile gift that arrives only by grace and luck. A stimulating and entertaining meditation on the unhappiness at the heart of the modern cult of happiness, Perpetual Euphoria is a book for everyone who has ever bristled at the command to "be happy."

Pascal Bruckner

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Pascal Bruckner es un escritor y ensayista francés nacido en París en 1948, reconocido por su mirada crítica sobre la cultura occidental y por su capacidad para combinar filosofía, literatura y análisis social con una narrativa directa y provocadora. Formado en la Sorbona y en la École Pratique des Hautes Études, desarrolló su pensamiento en diálogo con corrientes intelectuales europeas, convirtiéndose en una voz influyente dentro del debate público.

Recibió el Premio Médicis de Ensayo por La tentación de la inocencia, obra que consolidó su prestigio internacional. Entre sus títulos verificados destaca Un instante eterno, donde reflexiona sobre la edad adulta y la obsesión contemporánea por la juventud. También es autor de novelas como Lunas de hiel, que inspiró una célebre adaptación cinematográfica. Además de su producción literaria, Bruckner participa activamente en conferencias y debates sobre ética, política y sociedad, manteniéndose como un referente del pensamiento crítico francés.

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