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Autore |
Marcus Paul |
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Titolo |
Creating Heaven on Earth : The Psychology of Experiencing Immortality in Everyday Life / / by Paul Marcus |
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Boca Raton, FL : , : Routledge, , [2018] |
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©2015 |
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ISBN |
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0-429-89815-0 |
0-367-10302-8 |
0-429-47338-9 |
1-78241-323-5 |
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Edizione |
[First edition.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (257 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Humanity |
Religion and social problems |
Social action |
Social problems |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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COVER; CONTENTS; CHAPTER ONE Introduction: The quest for earthly immortality; CHAPTER TWO "Take time to smell the roses: "The delights of gardening; "Magical myths": The passion for sport; CHAPTER FOUR "Wake up and smell the coffee": The pleasures of drinking coffee; CHAPTER FIVE "The shorthand of strong emotion": Listening to great music; CHAPTER SIX "Once upon a time there was ...": On storytelling; CHAPTER SEVEN Conclusion: Reflections on creating earthlyimmortality; WEBSITE RESOURCES; REFERENCES; INDEX; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; ABOUT THE AUTHOR |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The art of living the "good life" requires skilful attunement to the lovely presences in everyday life. Lodged in a psychoanalytic sensibility, and drawing from ancient and modern religious and spiritual wisdom, this book provides the details, conceptual structures, and inner meanings of a number of easily accessible, everyday activities, including gardening, |
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sport, drinking coffee, storytelling, and listening to music. It also suggests how to best engage these activities, to consecrate the ordinary in a way that points to experiential transcendence, or what the author calls "glimpsing immortality", a core component of the art of living the "good life". |
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