The sweet spot : the pleasures of suffering and the search for meaning /
Why do we so often seek out physical pain and emotional turmoil? We go to movies that make us cry, or scream or gag. We poke at sores, eat spicy foods, immerse ourselves in hot baths, run marathons. Some of us even seek out pain and humiliation in sexual role-play. Where do these seemingly perverse...
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers,
[2021].
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Preface: the good life
- Suffer
- Benign masochism
- An unaccountable pleasure
- Struggle
- Meaning
- Sacrifice
- Sweet poison.