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“avram alpert”

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  • The Good-Enough Life

    by Avram Alpert ...
    How an acceptance of our limitations can lead to a more fulfilling life and a more harmonious societyWe live in a world oriented toward greatness, one in which we feel compelled to be among the wealthiest, most powerful, and most famous. This book explains why no one truly benefits from this competitive social order, and reveals how another way of life is possible—a good-enough life for all.Avram ... Read more

    $28.09 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • A Partial Enlightenment

    What Modern Literature and Buddhism Can Teach Us About Living Well Without Perfection

    by Avram Alpert ...
    In many ways, Buddhism has become the global religion of the modern world. For its contemporary followers, the ideal of enlightenment promises inner peace and worldly harmony. And whereas other philosophies feel abstract and disembodied, Buddhism offers meditation as a means to realize this ideal. If we could all be as enlightened as Buddhists, some imagine, we could live in a much better world. ... Read more

    $25.19 USD

  • A Partial Enlightenment

    What Modern Literature and Buddhism Can Teach Us About Living Well Without Perfection

    by Avram Alpert ...
    In many ways, Buddhism has become the global religion of the modern world. For its contemporary followers, the ideal of enlightenment promises inner peace and worldly harmony. And whereas other philosophies feel abstract and disembodied, Buddhism offers meditation as a means to realize this ideal. If we could all be as enlightened as Buddhists, some imagine, we could live in a much better world. ... Read more

    $31.49 USD

  • Global Origins of the Modern Self, from Montaigne to Suzuki

    by Avram Alpert ...
    Explores how writers across five continents and four centuries have debated ideas about what it means to be an individual, and shows that the modern self is an ongoing project of global history.In Global Origins of the Modern Self, from Montaigne to Suzuki, Avram Alpert contends that scholars have yet to fully grasp the constitutive force of global connections in the making of modern selfhood. ... Read more

    $28.79 USD

  • Audiobook

    The Good-Enough Life

    by Avram Alpert ...
    Narrated by William Hope ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 14 min

    This audiobook narrated by William Hope explains how an acceptance of our limitations can lead to a more fulfilling life and a more harmonious societyWe live in a world oriented toward greatness, one in which we feel compelled to be among the wealthiest, most powerful, and most famous. This book explains why no one truly benefits from this competitive social order, and reveals how another way of ... Read more

    $18.95 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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