Wonderbox

Product Description

What three millennia of human history can tell us about how to live today. There are many ways to try to improve our lives
- we can turn to the wisdom of philosophers the teachings of religions or the latest experiments of psychologists. But we rarely to look to history for inspiration
- & when we do it can be surprisingly powerful. Showing the lessons that can be learned from the past cultural historian Roman Krznaric explores twelve universal topics from work & love to money & creativity & reveals the wisdom that weve been missing. There is much to be learned from Ancient Greece on relationships from the industrial revolution on job satisfaction & from Ming-dynasty China on bringing up our children. Just as a Renaissance Wunderkammer was a curiosity cabinet full of fascinating objects each with a story behind it The Wonderbox" is full of stories & ideas from history each of which sheds invaluable light on the decisions we make every day whether we think about the different uses of the senses or changing attitudes to time. History is usually read for pleasure or for insight into current affairs but " The Wonderbox" stepping into the territory of Alain de Botton & Theodore Zeldin is practical history
- using the past to think about our day to day lives."