The art of life / (Record no. 997)
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| fixed length control field | 080411s2008 enk b 001 0 eng |
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| National bibliography number | GBA856724 |
| Source | bnb |
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| Record control number | 014589572 |
| Source | Uk |
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| International Standard Book Number | 9780745643250 (hbk.) |
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| International Standard Book Number | 0745643256 (hbk.) |
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| International Standard Book Number | 9780745643267 (pbk.) |
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| International Standard Book Number | 0745643264 (pbk.) |
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| System control number | (OCoLC)225432163 |
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| System control number | (OCoLC)ocn225432163 |
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| System control number | (UkLU)b30910766 |
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| Record content licensor | OCoLC |
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| Original cataloging agency | UKM |
| Transcribing agency | UKM |
| Modifying agency | BTCTA |
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| Authentication code | ukblcatcopy |
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| Classification number | HM1276 |
| Item number | .B378 2008 |
| 082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 302.54 |
| Edition number | 22 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Bauman, Zygmunt, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1925- |
| Locally assigned cutter number (author) | BAU |
| 245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | The art of life / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | Zygmunt Bauman. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc | Cambridge : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc | Polity, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc | 2008. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 142 p. ; |
| Dimensions | 23 cm. |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE | |
| Bibliography, etc | Includes bibliographical references (p. [134]-139) and index. |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Introduction: What is wrong with happiness? -- Miseries of Happiness -- We, the Artists of Life -- The Choice -- Afterword: On Organizing and Being Organized. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | In our individualized society we are all artists of life - whether we know it or not, will it or not and like it or not, by decree of society if not by our own choice. In this society we are all expected, rightly or wrongly, to give our lives purpose and form by using our own skills and resources, even if we lack the tools and materials with which artists' studios need to be equipped for the artist's work to be conceived and executed. And we are praised or censured for the results - for what we have managed or failed to accomplish and for what we have achieved and lost. In our liquid modern society we are also taught to believe that the purpose of the art of life should be and can be happiness - though it's not clear what happiness is, the images of a happy state keep changing and the state of happiness remains most of the time something yet-to-be-reached. This new book by Zygmunt Bauman - one of the most original and influential social thinkers writing today - is not a book of designs for the art of life nor a 'how to' book: the construction of a design for life and the way it is pursued is and cannot but be an individual responsibility and individual accomplishment. It is instead a brilliant account of conditions under which our designs-for-life are chosen, of the constraints that might be imposed on their choice and of the interplay of design, accident and character that shape their implementation. Last but not least, it is a study of the ways in which our society - the liquid modern, individualized society of consumers - influences (but does not determine) the way we construct and narrate our life trajectories. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Individualism. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Life. |
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| a | .b28753665 |
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| Source of classification or shelving scheme | Dewey Decimal Classification |
| Koha item type | General Books |
| Date last seen | Total Checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Date checked out | Copy number | Price effective from | Koha item type | Lost status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Damaged status | Not for loan | Withdrawn status | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired |
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| 27/03/2024 | 2 | 302.54 | 10215 | 13/03/2024 | 1 | 05/04/2013 | General Books | Dewey Decimal Classification | CUTN Central Library | CUTN Central Library | Generalia | 05/04/2013 |