The Importance of Being Miserable
A short history of human happiness, and why sometimes it's good to feel bad
$34.16
- Paperback
272 pages
- Release Date
30 December 2025
Summary
Humans just want to be happy, yes? After all, that’s what life’s all about.
Well … no.
It turns out that, for a huge chunk of history, feeling good was the furthest thing from our minds. Expecting life to be fun and fulfilling (or, if all else fails, fine) is actually a very recent phenomenon. And there’s every reason to think that it’s making us sad.
A playful tour of Western ‘progress’, from ancient philosophers to modern-day pop stars via pills, priests, Proust and …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781923135192 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1923135198 |
| Author: | Eamon Evans |
| Publisher: | Affirm Press |
| Imprint: | Affirm Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 272 |
| Release Date: | 30 December 2025 |
| Weight: | 356g |
| Dimensions: | 27mm x 270mm x 201mm |
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About The Author
Eamon Evans
Eamon Evans is the author of fifteen books, one or two of them pretty good. He’s written about history, sport, scandals, words, films, alcohol and urban legends, but until The Importance of Being Miserable he’s not done much with his philosophy degree, apart from bore people at parties. Eamon lives with his family in Melbourne, where he writes, teaches, overwaters his garden and worries about going bald.
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