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The News: A User's Manual

Alain de Botton

3.5/5 ( ratings)

The news is everywhere and we check it constantly - but what is it doing to our minds?

The news occupies the same dominant position in modern society as religion once did, but we rarely consider its impact on us. In this dazzling new book, Alain de Botton, the bestselling author of Religion for Atheists, takes twenty-five archetypal news stories - from an aircrash to a murder, a celebrity interview to a political scandal - and submits them to unusually intense analysis.

He raises questions like: How come disaster stories are often so uplifting? What makes the love lives of celebrities so interesting? Why do we enjoy politicians being brought down? Why are upheavals in far off lands often so . . . boring?

De Botton has written the ultimate manual for our news-addicted age, one sure to bring calm, understanding and a measure of sanity to our daily interactions with the news machine.

Language: English

Pages: 256

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Hamish Hamilton/Penguin

Release: January 29, 2014

ISBN: 024114647X

ISBN 13: 9780241146477

The News: A User's Manual

Alain de Botton

3.5/5 ( ratings)

The news is everywhere and we check it constantly - but what is it doing to our minds?

The news occupies the same dominant position in modern society as religion once did, but we rarely consider its impact on us. In this dazzling new book, Alain de Botton, the bestselling author of Religion for Atheists, takes twenty-five archetypal news stories - from an aircrash to a murder, a celebrity interview to a political scandal - and submits them to unusually intense analysis.

He raises questions like: How come disaster stories are often so uplifting? What makes the love lives of celebrities so interesting? Why do we enjoy politicians being brought down? Why are upheavals in far off lands often so . . . boring?

De Botton has written the ultimate manual for our news-addicted age, one sure to bring calm, understanding and a measure of sanity to our daily interactions with the news machine.

Language: English

Pages: 256

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Hamish Hamilton/Penguin

Release: January 29, 2014

ISBN: 024114647X

ISBN 13: 9780241146477

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