Cover of The Antidote

Book 2013

The Antidote

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Publisher
Faber Faber
Published
2013
  • Positive psychology
  • Happiness
  • Negativism
  • Self-actualization (psychology)
  • Philosophy
  • Psychology
  • Realism
  • Negativity (Philosophy)

Exploring the dark side of the theories put forth by such icons as Norman Vincent Peale and Eckhart Tolle by looking to both ancient philosophy and current business theory, Burkeman--a feature writer for British newspaper The Guardian--offers up the counterintuitive idea that only by embracing and examining failure and loss and unhappiness will we become free of it.