{"product_id":"how-to-be-a-failure-and-still-live-well-a-philosophy-9781350030695","title":"How to Be a Failure and Still Live Well: A Philosophy","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn consumer economies, success has increasingly been defined in terms of material attainment and the achievement of status. This model of 'the good life' and its formulas for success ignore the haunting possibility that one may not succeed and as a result be deemed 'a failure'. \u003ci\u003eHow to be a Failure and Still Live Well \u003c\/i\u003eexplores that often neglected theme of failure, not just as the opposite of achievement, but also, and more importantly, how it has been conflated with loss: that which haunts all transient, mortal human experience. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUnderstanding loss as a form of failure affects our ability to cope with the everyday losses that permeate existence as a result of the natural processes of ageing, death, and decay. Engaging with loss and thinking about what it inevitability means for our lives and commitments, allows different values to emerge than those connected to success as attainment. Relationships, spontaneity, and generosity are explored as qualities that arise from taking seriously our vulnerability and that form the basis for richer accounts of what it might mean to 'live well'.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBeverley Clack \u003c\/b\u003eis Professor in the Philosophy of Religion at Oxford Brookes University. Her publications include: \u003ci\u003eInterrogating the Neoliberal Lifecycle: The Limits of Success\u003c\/i\u003e, co-edited with Michele Paule (2019); \u003ci\u003ePhilosophy of Religion: A Critical Introduction\u003c\/i\u003e, co-authored with Brian R Clack (3rd edition 2019); \u003ci\u003eFreud on the Couch\u003c\/i\u003e (2013); \u003ci\u003eFeminist Philosophy of Religion: Critical Readings\u003c\/i\u003e, co-edited with Pamela Sue Anderson (2004); \u003ci\u003eSex and Death: A Reappraisal of Human Mortality\u003c\/i\u003e (2002); and \u003ci\u003eMisogyny in the Western Philosophical Tradition\u003c\/i\u003e (1999). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e From 2012-16 she was City Councillor for St Clements Ward in Oxford, and from 2016-2018 she was a member of the Labour Party's National Policy Forum. She is a member of the Methodist Church's Faith and Order Committee, and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50912579223826,"sku":"9781350030695","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_32b52d7d-6f3b-4282-8da4-2766a0accbad.jpg?v=1738774548","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/how-to-be-a-failure-and-still-live-well-a-philosophy-9781350030695","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}