The News
Author: Botton, Alain de
ISBN: 9780241972694
Publisher: Penguin (General UK)
Year First Published: 2015
Pages: 272
Dimensions: 197mm x 130mm x 23mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description
Our lives are saturated with news. But how does it affect us? And how should we read it?
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.
ISBN: 9780241972694
Publisher: Penguin (General UK)
Year First Published: 2015
Pages: 272
Dimensions: 197mm x 130mm x 23mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description
Our lives are saturated with news. But how does it affect us? And how should we read it?
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.
