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000352094 1001_ $$aAkst, Daniel.
000352094 24510 $$aWe have met the enemy :$$bself-control in an age of excess /$$cDaniel Akst.
000352094 260__ $$aNew York :$$bPenguin Press,$$c2011.
000352094 300__ $$axiv, 303 p. ;$$c25 cm.
000352094 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
000352094 5050_ $$aA democracy of excess -- Sickening excess -- On having yourself committed -- The cost of good inventions -- The perils of prosperity -- Self-control and social change -- The Greek way -- The marshmallow test -- The seesaw struggle -- Let my people go -- The intimate contest -- The mind-body problem -- Self-control, free will, and other oxymorons -- Odysseus and the pigeons -- Crimes of passion -- Addiction, compulsion, and choice -- Tomorrow is another day -- Cutting loose -- Government and self-government -- Being your own godfather -- Carpe Diem.
000352094 520__ $$aA witty and wide-ranging investigation of the central problem of our time: how to save ourselves from what we want. This is journalist Akst's irreverent search for answers, delving into overeating, overspending, procrastination, anger, addiction, wayward sexual attraction and most of the other homely transgressions that bedevil us daily in a world of freedom, prosperity and technological empowerment. Akst ransacks history, literature, psychology, philosophy and economics to alarm, teach, empower and, at the very least, entertain. Using self-control as a lens rather than a cudgel, he draws a vivid picture of the many-sided problem of desire--and delivers a blueprint for how we can steer shrewdly toward the wants we most want for ourselves. At stake is not just our health but our humanity, for what could make us more fully human than the ability to set aside impulse when we choose to do so?--From publisher description.
000352094 650_0 $$aSelf-control.
000352094 650_0 $$aModeration.
000352094 650_0 $$aSupply and demand.
000352094 85200 $$bgen$$hBF632$$i.A35$$i2011
000352094 85642 $$3Publisher description$$uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1107/2010028525-d.html
000352094 85642 $$3Contributor biographical information$$uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1107/2010028525-b.html
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