The Good-Enough Life

Avram Alpert's book explains why our obsession with greatness results in stress, anxiety, inequality, and environmental damage. He suggests that we can move beyond greatness to create a society in which everyone flourishes by competing less with each other and ensuring a fair share of decency and sufficiency. The book is visionary and provocative, demonstrating how we can work together to cultivate a good-enough life for all.

Format: Hardback
Length: 336 pages
Publication date: 19 April 2022
Publisher: Princeton University Press

We live in a world that values greatness, where we strive to be among the wealthiest, most powerful, and most famous. However, this competitive social order comes at a cost, as Avram Alpert argues in his book. He reveals how our obsession with greatness leads to stress, anxiety, damage to relationships, political and economic inequality, and the destruction of the natural world.

Alpert suggests that we can move beyond greatness and create a society where everyone flourishes. By competing less with each other, we can find renewed meaning and purpose, meet our material and emotional needs, and lead more leisurely lives. He acknowledges that life can never be perfect, but he proposes that we should strive for a fair share of decency and sufficiency for all.

The Good-Enough Life is a visionary and provocative book that demonstrates how we can work together to cultivate a good-enough life for all instead of tearing ourselves apart in a race to the top of the social pyramid. It challenges us to think beyond our own needs and desires and to consider the well-being of others. By embracing our limitations and working towards a more harmonious society, we can create a better world for ourselves and future generations.

Weight: 554g
Dimension: 149 x 222 x 34 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780691204352