Most of us are taught from a young age to be winners and avoid being losers. But what does it mean to win or lose? And why do we care so much? Does winning make us happy? "Winning" undertakes an unprecedented investigation of winning and losing in American society, what we are really after as we struggle to win, our collective beliefs about winners and losers, and much more. Francesco Duina argues that victory and loss are not endpoints or final destinations but gateways to something of immense importance to us: the ...
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Most of us are taught from a young age to be winners and avoid being losers. But what does it mean to win or lose? And why do we care so much? Does winning make us happy? "Winning" undertakes an unprecedented investigation of winning and losing in American society, what we are really after as we struggle to win, our collective beliefs about winners and losers, and much more. Francesco Duina argues that victory and loss are not endpoints or final destinations but gateways to something of immense importance to us: the affirmation of our place in the world. But Duina also shows that competition is unlikely to provide us with the answers we need. Winning and losing are artificial and logically flawed concepts that put us at odds with the world around us and, ultimately, ourselves. Duina explores the social and psychological effects of the language of competition in American culture. Primarily concerned with our shared obsessions about winning and losing, "Winning" proposes a new mind-set for how we can pursue our dreams, and, in a more satisfying way, find our proper place in the world.
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Very good in very good dust jacket. Ex-library. Glued binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 237 p. Contains: Illustrations, black & white, Tables, black & white, Figures. Audience: General/trade. LCCN 2010000808 Type of material Book Personal name Duina, Francesco G., 1969-Main title Winning: reflections on an American obsession / Francesco Duina. Published/Created Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2011. Description x, 237 p. : ill.; 25 cm. ISBN 9780691147062 (hbk. : alk. paper) 069114706X (hbk. : alk. paper) LC classification HN90. M6 D85 2011 Contents The problem--Differentiation--I win, therefore I am right--The quest for space--Powers and limitations--Types of winners and losers--Process versus outcomes--Injecting value--Awareness and competition--Our restlessness. LC Subjects Social values--United States. Losers--United States. Success--United States. Failure (Psychology) Competition (Psychology) National characteristics, American. Notes Includes bibliographical references and index. Dewey class no. 303.3/720973 Geographic area code n-us---Other system no. (OCoLC)ocn501180400
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