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It has always been difficult to appreciate everyday life, often devalued as dreary, banal and burdensome, and never more so than in a culture besotted with fantasy, celebrity and glamour. Yet many writers, artists, film-makers and photographers have celebrated the ordinary life around them, and many philosophers, anthropologists, psychologists and neuroscientists have offered insights into the difficulties and rewards of paying attention to the here and now. With characteristic wit and earthiness, Michael Foley - author of the bestselling The Age of Absurdity - draws on the work of these artists and thinkers, and encourages us to delight in the complexities of everyday psychopathology. With astute observation, Foley brings fresh insights to such things as the banality of everyday speech, the madness and weirdness of snobbery, love and sex, and the strangeness of everyday objects and the everyday environment, such as the office. It is all more fascinating, comical and mysterious than you think.
About the Author
Michael Foley was born in Derry, Northern Ireland, but since 1972 he has lived in London, working as a Lecturer in Information Technology. He has published four novels, four collections of poetry and a collection of translations from French poetry, which have earned impressive reviews from The Guardian, New Statesman and New York Times. The Age of Absurdity was his first non-fiction book and became a bestseller.
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Comments about Embracing the Ordinary:
This book only gets four stars because I don't think it's quite as focussed as his previous book, The Age of Absurdity - which would rate as one of the best popular literature/philosophy books I have ever read!
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ISBN: 9781849839129
ISBN-10: 1849839123
Audience:
General
Format:
Paperback
Language:
English
Number Of Pages: 336
Published: 5th July 2012
Dimensions (cm): 21.6 x 13.5
x 2.3
Weight (kg): 0.454
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