Theodore Zeldin

Intimate History of Humanity, An

The story of a search for a new art of living. How can one escape from work colleagues who are bores and from organisations that thrive on stress? What new priorities can people give to their private lives? When the romantic ideal is disappointing, how else can affections be cultivated? If only a few can become rich, what substitute is there for dropping out? If religions and nations disagree, what other outcomes are possible beyond strife or doubt? Where there is too little freedom, what is the alternative to rebellion? When so much is unpredictable, what can replace ambition? Questions include: What is the great adventure of our time? What is a wasted life? How can people lose their illusions about themselves? What alternatives are there to being a rebel? What can the poor tell the rich? What could the rich tell the poor? How many ways of committing suicide are there? How can an unbeliever understand a believer? How can a religion change? How can prejudices be overcome? How can one think about the future, without trying to predict it or worrying about it? Is ridicule the most effective form of non-violent protest? How does one acquire a sense of humour? What stops people feeling completely at home in their own country? How many nations can one love at the same time? Why do so many people feel unappreciated, unloved and not fully alive? How else might women and men treat one another? What can replace the shortage of soul-mates? Is another kind of sexual revolution achievable? What can artists aim for beyond self-expression? What is more interesting than becoming a leader? What is the point of working so hard? Are there more amusing ways of earning a living? What else can one do in a hotel? What more can the young ask of their elders? Is remaining young at heart enough to avoid becoming old? What is worth knowing? What does it mean to be alive? Where can one find nourishment for the mind?

A New Way of Remembering the Past and Imagining the Future

The Hidden Pleasures of Life

Approaches the subject of conversation in a sophisticated, thought-provoking manner, explaining what kind of talk charmed and excited people in the past, why conversation is different today and what it could be like in the future.

Conversation

Hayatin Gizli Hazlari

"This internationally acclaimed investigation of emotions and personal relationships shows how people, past and present, escape from loneliness, fear and aimlessness, find new forms of affection and adventure, can avoid being prisoners of their memories or mistakes." - backc over.

An Intimate History of Humanity

Ventotto domande per affrontare il futuro

Esta célebre investigação das emoções e relações humanas explica como as pessoas do presente e do passado têm escapado à solidão, ao medo, à falta de sentido da vida; como encontram novas paixões e aventuras e como podem evitar serem prisioneiras das suas memórias e erros.

História Íntima da Humanidade

Insanligin Mahrem Tarihi

A History of French Passions 1848-1945: Intellect, taste and anxiety

This novel concerns a young woman's exploration of the next world. Zeldin is the recipient of the Wolfson Prize and is the author of The French and France, 1848-1945.

Happiness

A humorous analysis of the French from the perspective of an English historian. Chapters include: why it is hard to meet the average French person, how to love them, how to compete and negotiate with them, how to appreciate their taste, how to understand what they are trying to say, and how to sympathize with them. First published in the US by Pantheon in 1982. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

The French

This is a guide to France intended for the traveller who wants to get to know French people as individuals, for the negotiating businessman and for students who wishes to discover in-depth aspects of their lives. It looks at what makes up the national character of France.

französische Innenansichten

Die Kunst, zu sich selbst aufzublicken

Analyzes the Frenchman's unique national identity, attitudes towards foreigners, education, and intellectual and cultural development from the late 1840's through the 1900's.

Anxiety and Hypocrisy

France, 1848-1945

France, 1848-1945: Intellect, taste and anxiety

A History of French Passions Volume 4: Taste and Corruuption

France, 1848-1945, Taste & Corruption

Politics & Anger

Sketches France's political and intellectual development and comments on social divisions and customs from the late 1840's through the Second World War.

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