A Slap in the Face

2017 History

Author : William B. Irvine
Release : 2017
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis A Slap in the Face by : William B. Irvine

Download or read book A Slap in the Face written by William B. Irvine. This book was released on 2017. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: n A Slap in the Face, William Irvine undertakes a wide-ranging investigation of insults, their history, the role they play in social relationships, and the science behind them. He offers advice, based primarily on the writings of the Stoic philosophers, on how best to curb our own insulting tendencies and how to respond to the insults that are directed our way. A rousing follow-up to The Good Life, A Slap in the Face will interest anyone who's ever delivered an insult or felt the sting of one--in other words, everyone.

A Slap in the Face

2022-03-22

Author : Abbas Khider
Release : 2022-03-22
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Download or read book A Slap in the Face written by Abbas Khider. This book was released on 2022-03-22. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now in paperback, the touching, timely story of an Iraqi refugee in Germany. In our era of mass migration, much of it driven by war and its aftermath, A Slap in the Face could not be more timely. It tells the story of Karim, an Iraqi refugee living in Germany whose right to asylum has been revoked in the wake of Saddam Hussein's defeat. But Hussein wasn't the only reason Karim left, and as Abbas Khider unfolds his story, we learn both the secret struggles he faced in his homeland and the battles with prejudice, distrust, poverty, and bureaucracy he has to endure in his attempts to make a new life in Germany. As he erupts in frustration at his caseworker, and finally forces her to listen to his story, we get an account of a contemporary life upended by politics and violence, told with a warmth and humor that, while surprising us, does nothing to lessen the outrages Karim describes.

A Slap in the Face

2013-06-13 Language Arts & Disciplines

Author : William B. Irvine
Release : 2013-06-13
Genre : Language Arts & Disciplines
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Download or read book A Slap in the Face written by William B. Irvine. This book was released on 2013-06-13. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: William Irvine undertakes a wide-ranging investigation of insults, their history, the role they play in social relationships, and the science behind them, examining not just memorable zingers, such as Elizabeth Bowen's description of Aldous Huxley as "The stupid person's idea of a clever person," but subtle insults as well, such as when someone insults us by reporting the insulting things others have said about us: "I never read bad reviews about myself," wrote entertainer Oscar Levant, "because my best friends invariably tell me about them." Irvine also considers the role insults play in our society: they can be used to cement relations, as when a woman playfully teases her husband, or to enforce a social hierarchy, as when a boss publicly berates an employee. He goes on to investigate the many ways society has tried to deal with insults-by adopting codes of politeness, for example, and outlawing hate speech-but concludes that the best way to deal with insults is to immunize ourselves against them: We need to transform ourselves in the manner recommended by Stoic philosophers. We should, more precisely, become insult pacifists, trying hard not to insult others and laughing off their attempts to insult us.

The Immoralist

2011-12-08 Foreign Language Study

Author : André Gide
Release : 2011-12-08
Genre : Foreign Language Study
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Download or read book The Immoralist written by André Gide. This book was released on 2011-12-08. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A travelling hedonist attempts to transcend the limitations of conventional morality by surrendering to his appetites in this well-known work by a master of modern French literature. Much acclaimed for his perception and purity of style, André Gide (1869-1951) received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1947. In The Immoralist, his classic examination of individual freedom and identity, he fuses autobiographical elements with both biblical and classical symbolism. Stanley Appelbaum skillfully preserves the passion and intensity of the original in his new English translation.

Subcontact

2001 Psychology

Author : Robert K. Benson
Release : 2001
Genre : Psychology
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Book Rating : 125/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Subcontact written by Robert K. Benson. This book was released on 2001. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new psychology based on conscious contact with your subconscious. Identify false fears, understand dreams, generate new ideas, manage change and pursue your spiritual journey. "It was as if we discovered a symbolic door, opened it and passed beneath its arch to begin an adventure. It changed our lives." "Everyone on the journey of self-discovery is also on a spiritual quest." "A new psychology based on conscious contact with your subconscious." "We have set out to provide a simple guide, written in everyday language, to help you create and manage change in your life. "SubContact is for what you want to do, not what you want to stop doing." Visit the Author's Web Site at SubContact.com

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