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Paul Roberts: The Impulse Society, Bloomsbury
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It's something most of us have sensed for years-the rise of a world
defined only by “mine” and “now.” A world where business shamelessly
seeks the fastest reward, regardless of the long-term social
consequences; where political leaders reflexively choose short-term
fixes over broad, sustainable social progress; where individuals feel
increasingly exploited by a marketplace obsessed with our private
cravings yet oblivious to our spiritual well-being or the larger needs
of our families and communities.
At the heart of The Impulse Society
is an urgent, powerful story: how the pursuit of short-term
self-gratification, once scorned as a sign of personal weakness, became
the default principle not only for individuals, but for all sectors of
our society. Drawing on the latest research in economics, psychology,
political philosophy, and business management, Paul Roberts shows how a
potent combination of rapidly advancing technologies, corrupted
ideologies, and bottom-line business ethics has pushed us across a
threshold to an unprecedented state: a virtual merging of the market and
the self. The result is a socioeconomic system ruled by impulse, by the
reflexive, id-like drive for the largest, quickest, most “efficient”
reward, without regard for long-term costs to ourselves or to broader
society.
More than thirty years ago, Christopher Lasch hinted at this bleak world in his landmark book, The Culture of Narcissism. In The Impulse Society,
Roberts shows how that self-destructive pattern has grown so pervasive
that anxiety and emptiness are becoming embedded in our national
character. Yet it is in this unease that Roberts finds clear signs of
change-and broad revolt as millions of Americans try step off the
self-defeating treadmill of gratification and restore a sense of
balance. Fresh, vital, and free of ideological, right-wing/left-wing
formulations, The Impulse Society shows the way back to a world of real and lasting good.
It's
something most of us have sensed for years-the rise of a world defined
only by “mine” and “now.” A world where business shamelessly seeks the
fastest reward, regardless of the long-term social consequences; where
political leaders reflexively choose short-term fixes over broad,
sustainable social progress; where individuals feel increasingly
exploited by a marketplace obsessed with our private cravings yet
oblivious to our spiritual well-being or the larger needs of our
families and communities.
At the heart of The Impulse Society
is an urgent, powerful story: how the pursuit of short-term
self-gratification, once scorned as a sign of personal weakness, became
the default principle not only for individuals, but for all sectors of
our society. Drawing on the latest research in economics, psychology,
political philosophy, and business management, Paul Roberts shows how a
potent combination of rapidly advancing technologies, corrupted
ideologies, and bottom-line business ethics has pushed us across a
threshold to an unprecedented state: a virtual merging of the market and
the self. The result is a socioeconomic system ruled by impulse, by the
reflexive, id-like drive for the largest, quickest, most “efficient”
reward, without regard for long-term costs to ourselves or to broader
society.
More than thirty years ago, Christopher Lasch hinted at this bleak world in his landmark book, The Culture of Narcissism. In The Impulse Society,
Roberts shows how that self-destructive pattern has grown so pervasive
that anxiety and emptiness are becoming embedded in our national
character. Yet it is in this unease that Roberts finds clear signs of
change-and broad revolt as millions of Americans try step off the
self-defeating treadmill of gratification and restore a sense of
balance. Fresh, vital, and free of ideological, right-wing/left-wing
formulations, The Impulse Society shows the way back to a world
of real and lasting good. - See more at:
http://www.bloomsbury.com/us/the-impulse-society-9781608198146/#sthash.G0DOWQ7x.dpuf
xploited
by a marketplace obsessed with our private cravings yet oblivious to
our spiritual well-being or the larger needs of our fam - See more at:
http://www.bloomsbury.com/us/the-impulse-society-9781608198146/#sthash.G0DOWQ7x.dpuf
Paul Roberts va all’attacco di una società dominata dall’impulso, vittima di desideri innescati ad arte. Ma è il primo a riconoscere l’impossibilità di proposte alternative
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