Author: Alain De Botton
Translator: Joong-seo Park
Publisher: Cheongmirae
Hardcover | 336 pages | 210*140mm
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About This Book
From the author of The Consolations of Philosophy, a deeply provocative
and useful argument about how we can benefit from the wisdom and power
of religion?without having to “believe” in any of it.
What if religions aren’t either all true or all nonsense?
The sterile debate between fundamentalist believers and non-believers is
finally advanced by Alain de Botton’s astonishing new book, which boldly
argues that the supernatural claims of religion are of course entirely
false?and yet religion still has some very important things to teach the
secular world.
Religion for Atheists suggests that atheists shouldn’t trash religion,
they should steal from it -- because the world’s religions are packed
with good ideas on how we should live in and arrange our societies. In a
highly original and readable tone that blends deep respect with total
impiety, de Botton (a non-believer himself) proposes that we should look
to religions for insights on, among other topics, how to: build a sense
of community, make our relationships last, dampen feelings of envy and
inadequacy, escape the 24-hour media world, go traveling, get more out
of art, and build new businesses geared around our emotional needs.
For too long non-believers have faced a stark choice between either
swallowing lots of peculiar doctrines or doing away with a range of
consoling and beautiful rituals and ideas. At last, Alain de Botton, the
author of the bestselling The Consolations of Philosophy and How Proust
Can Change Your Life, has produced a far more interesting and truly
helpful alternative.
About the Author
ALAIN DE BOTTON was born in 1969 and is the author of non-fiction essays
on themes ranging from love and travel to architecture and philosophy.
His bestselling books include How Proust Can Change Your Life, The Art
of Travel, and The Architecture of Happiness. He founded The School of
Life (www.theschooloflife.com). Visit him at: www.alaindebotton.com.
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