Outrageous fortune : gloomy reflections on luck and life /
This text is a drolly pessimistic and vaguely misanthropic account that gives it a unity of voice, of view, and of several interlaced themes: the scarcity of good, that most of happiness comes in the morally questionable form of Schadenfreude, or is experienced mostly as relief that some expected ba...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Oxford University Press,
2020.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | This text is a drolly pessimistic and vaguely misanthropic account that gives it a unity of voice, of view, and of several interlaced themes: the scarcity of good, that most of happiness comes in the morally questionable form of Schadenfreude, or is experienced mostly as relief that some expected bad thing did not materialize. It deals extensively with those tinges of ominousness that accompany good luck, and the related widespread belief, or feeling in the gut, that people's mere desires and wishes provoke the gods to thwart their wishes. Are good things subject to a law of conservation, so that they must always be paid for and sum out at just about zero or less? |
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| Item Description: | Also issued in print: 2021. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (192 pages) |
| Audience: | Specialized. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780197530887 (ebook) 0197530885 (ebook) |