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How to Survive the Modern World: Making Sense Of, and Finding Calm In, Unsteady Times

How to Survive the Modern World: Making Sense Of, and Finding Calm In, Unsteady Times - Hardcover

by The School of Life
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Availability:In StockContributor:The School of Life, Alain de Botton (Editor)Publish date:2022-06-07Pages:320
Language:EnglishPublisher:School of LifeISBN-13:9781912891535ISBN-10:1912891530UPC:9781912891535Book Category:Philosophy, Psychology, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Social, Emotions, Media StudiesSize:8.80 x 6.30 x 1.20 inchesWeight:1.8012Product ID:SCVTN0TSW6

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.
Language:EnglishPublisher:School of LifeISBN-13:9781912891535ISBN-10:1912891530UPC:9781912891535Book Category:Philosophy, Psychology, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Social, Emotions, Media StudiesSize:8.80 x 6.30 x 1.20 inchesWeight:1.8012Product ID:SCVTN0TSW6

The School of Life is a global organization helping people lead more fulfilled lives. Through our range of books, gifts and stationery we aim to prompt more thoughtful natures and help everyone to find fulfillment.


The School of Life is a resource for exploring self-knowledge, relationships, work, socializing, finding calm, and enjoying culture through content, community, and conversation. You can find us online, in stores and in welcoming spaces around the world offering classes, events, and one-to-one therapy sessions.


The School of Life is a rapidly growing global brand, with over 7 million YouTube subscribers, 389,000 Facebook followers, 174,000 Instagram followers and 166,000 Twitter followers.


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. Their books share a coherent, curated message that speaks with one voice: calm, reassuring, and sane.


Publisher: School of Life

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The School of Life, Alain de Botton (Editor)

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The School of Life

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