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02048aam a22003378i 4500 001 8BAEF19A6CA011E9A39CB90697128E48 003 SILO 005 20190502010142 008 161221t20172017enk b 001 0 eng d 020 $a 1474275524 020 $a 9781474275521 020 $a 1474275532 020 $a 9781474275538 035 $a (OCoLC)1063683026 040 $a UKMGB $b eng $e rda $c UKMGB $d OCLCF $d CDX $d XII $d SILO 041 1 $a eng $h fre 050 4 $a B105 H36 B3313 2017 100 1 $a Badiou, Alain, $e author. 245 10 $a Happiness / $c Alain Badiou ; Translated with foreword by A.J. Bartlett and Justin Clemens. 264 1 $a London : $b Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, $c 2017. 300 $a 126 pages ; $c 21 cm 500 $a Translated from the French. 520 $a "'All philosophy is a metaphysics of happines...or it's not worth an hour of trouble' claims Alain Badiou in this lively intervention into one of the most persistent themes in philosophy: what is happiness? And what do I need to do to be happy? The desire to be happy is one of our most universal goals and yet there doesn't seem to be any easy answers or formulas for achieving happiness. And the concept has become so commodified and corrupted to be almost unrecognizable as something worth pursuing. In light of this, should we just give up the aspiration to be happy altogether? Alain Badiou thinks not. While eschewing futile procedures for magically becoming 'happy', Badiou does passionately maintain that in order to be truly happy we need philosophy. And, bolder still, that a life lived philosophically is the happiest life of all!"--Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 650 0 $a Happiness $x Philosophy. 700 1 $a Bartlett, A. J. $q (Adam John), $d 1967- $e Translator. 700 1 $a Clemens, Justin, $e Translator. 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20220902015803.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=8BAEF19A6CA011E9A39CB90697128E48 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search