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OverviewSelf-help gurus, life coaches and business consultants love to tell us that we must strive for constant self-improvement to realize our full potential and become truly happy. But it doesn't seem to work - for many of us, life still seems hollow and meaningless. So focused are we on personal development and material possessions that we've overlooked the things that make life truly fulfilling and worthwhile. So how do we figure out what's really worth striving for? In this compelling follow-up to his bestselling book Stand Firm, Danish philosopher and psychologist Svend Brinkmann shows us that the important things in life are those with intrinsic value, like goodness, freedom, truth and love. We should stop asking 'what's in it for me?', and turn our attention outwards to our friends, families and communities. By putting others first and embracing these unconditional principles, or standpoints, he argues, we can find a more meaningful and sustainable way of living. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Svend BrinkmannPublisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd Imprint: Polity Press Dimensions: Width: 14.20cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 21.80cm Weight: 0.318kg ISBN: 9781509523726ISBN 10: 1509523723 Pages: 160 Publication Date: 09 February 2018 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviewsIn this crisply-written, page-turner of a book, Svend Brinkmann courageously demonstrates how we can stand firm against the tsunami of societal mandates for self-improvement, with their reality-defying instructions for achieving happy, healthy, wealthy lives. Easy and fun to read, Standpoints breathes new life into the old philosophers who have something new and important to tell us yet. Barbara S. Held, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine, author, Stop Smiling, Start Kvetching Author InformationSvend Brinkmann is professor of general psychology and qualitative methods at Aalborg University. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |