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Title Statement | Alone / Daniel Schreiber ; translation by Ben Fergusson. |
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Author | Schreiber, Daniel, 1977- |
Additional Contributors | Fergusson, Ben,1980- |
Schreiber, Daniel,1977- | |
Publication | London: Reaktion Books,2023. |
Extent of Item | 150 pages ; |
ISBN | 9781789147650 (hardcover) |
Other Number | pr07431534 |
General Notes | Originally published in German as Allein. Munich : Hanser Berlin in Carl Hanser Verlag GmbH & Co. KG, 2022. |
Languages | Translated from the German. |
Bibliography | Includes bibliographical references. |
Summary | "A profoundly enlightening look at loneliness in modern life. At no time before have so many people lived alone, and never has loneliness been so widely or keenly felt. Why, in a society of individualists, is living alone perceived as a shameful failure? And can we ever be happy on our own? Drawing on personal experience, as well as philosophy and sociology, Daniel Schreiber explores the tension between the desire for solitude and freedom, and for companionship, intimacy and love. Along the way he illuminates the role that friendships play in our lives--can they be a response to the loss of meaning in a world in crisis? A profoundly enlightening book on how we want to live, Alone spent almost a year on Germany's bestseller list."-- |
Subjects & Genres | |
By Topic | Friendship--Psychological aspects |
Friendship | |
Solitude--Psychological aspects | |
Solitude | |
Friendship--Social aspects | |
Solitude--Social aspects |