An Intimate History of Humanity - Couverture rigide

Zeldin, Theodore

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1856194728 ISBN 13 : 9781856194723

Editeur : Sinclair-Stevenson Ltd, 1994

Synopsis

This study examines the dilemmas of modern life, aiming to show how they need not have arisen. Portraits of living people, alongside historical figures from all civilizations, reveal many untried options. Topics discussed include: loneliness; new forms of love; respect versus power; and travel.

A propos du livre

Revue de presse

"Extraordinary and beautiful...the most exciting and ambitious work of non-fiction I have read in more than a decade" (Maggie Gee Daily Telegraph)

"One of the year's most original and outstanding books...fascinating labyrinths of history and human experience, which he perceptively, intructively and absorbingly explores. This is a read to relish" (Financial Times)

"Theodore Zeldin's all-embracing history of our feelings throughout the ages [is] brilliantly original and unsettling... His scope is dazzling... A seductive and unusually thought provoking book" (Sunday Telegraph)

"Bubbling wit... Zeldin makes life exciting for the reader. It is like being on some careering fair-ground ride that whirls you from one limelit fragment of civilisation to the next at breakneck speed...gatecrashing all the cultures of the world" (Spectator)

"It's the sort of book that will go on being famous long after we're all dead... If ever a volume deserved that overused ecomium "this book will change your life", it is this one" (Oxford Today)

Présentation de l'éditeur

This extraordinarily wide-ranging study looks at the dilemmas of life today and shows how they need not have arisen. Portraits of living people and historical figures are placed alongside each other as Zeldin discusses how men and women have lost and regained hope; how they have learnt to have interesting conversations; how some have acquired an immunity to loneliness; how new forms of love and desire have been invented; how respect has become more valued than power; how the art of escaping from one's troubles has developed; why even the privileged are often gloomy; and why parents and children are changing their minds about what they want from each other.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Sinclair-Stevenson Ltd
• Date d'édition: 1994
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1856194728
• ISBN 13: 9781856194723
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 480
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible