We Have Met the Enemy : self-control in an age of excess / Daniel Akst.
We Have Met the Enemy : self-control in an age of excess / Daniel Akst.
We Have Met the Enemy : self-control in an age of excess / Daniel Akst.
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Carlton North : Scribe Publications Pty Ltd., 2011.
Brunswick, Victoria : Scribe Publications, 2011.
Date
2011.
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English
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1 online resource (320 pages)
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computer
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Cover page; title page; copyright page; contents; preface; 1. a democracy of excess; 2. sickening excess; 3. on having yourself committed; 4. the cost of good inventions; 5. the perils of prosperity; 6. self-control and social change; 7. the greek way; 8. the marshmallow test; 9. the seesaw struggle...
19. government and self-government20. being your own godfather; 21. carpe diem; acknowledgments; notes.
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Publisher
Carlton North : Scribe Publications Pty Ltd., 2011.
Brunswick, Victoria : Scribe Publications, 2011.
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Victoria
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2011.
2011.
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How do you save yourself from your destructive desires? All this freedom is making us ill. Perhaps half of all deaths are caused by overeating, smoking, drinking too much, failing to exercise, and other behaviours we indulge in against our better judgement. Why do so many of us embark knowingly on the long march to slow-motion suicide? In this bril...
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We Have Met the Enemy : self-control in an age of excess / Daniel Akst.
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Print version Akst, Daniel We Have Met the Enemy : self-control in an age of excess Carlton North : Scribe Publications Pty Ltd, c2011 9781921640889
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74VKamMD0wR3
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9781921753626 EPUB :
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153.8
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991024332687502626
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