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The Age of Absurdity
Posted On: February 12, 2010
Posted In: Articles
Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK
<i>The Age of Absurdity</i>

The good news is that the great thinkers from history have proposed the same strategies for happiness. The bad news is that these turn out to be the very things most discouraged by contemporary culture. Michael Foley has written an investigation into how the desirable states of wellbeing and satisfaction are constantly undermined by modern life.

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