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NEWS: A USER'S MANUAL, THE
16,50€
Auteur(s)
Alain De Botton
Éditeur(s)
Penguin
Genre
Sociologie / Sociology
DISPONIBILITE
disponible sur commande
Date de parution
02/12/2014
Format
198.00 x 129.00 mm
Nombre de pages
272
Support
Paperback B-format
EAN
9780241967393
Resumé
Why do we keep checking the news?
Today, the news occupies the same dominant position in our lives as religion once did. But rarely do we consider how it touches us. Here, Alain de Botton examines a number of archetypal news stories - a plane crash, a murder, a political scandal, a celebrity interview - from a fresh perspective to ask intriguing questions: why do disaster stories titillate? Why obsess over love lives of the famous? Why smile when a politician falls from grace? In so doing, he brings clear sight and understanding to a force which, above all others, informs our view of reality.
