Jagten på nydelse

by Lionel Tiger

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Genres: Anthropology, Psychology, Science, Sociology

334 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1992

Reviews

[Sam Berner]

A hedonist tempered by academic pursuit. Interesting, although by now dated, attempt at convincing people that pleasure is as much a useful evolutionary tool as it is a right.

[Marco Sán Sán]

Clásico libro de divulgación americana (es canadiense), entretenido, ligero y practico. No se aun como definir esta divulgación "ligera" sin ser peyorativo, es concreta en su temática y no pretende una diversificación o unificación conceptual, estética, política, ética o económica, tiene tintes o principios de intento pero siempre se contiene a su labor divulgadora (ligera), tal vez por eso las publicaciones americanas son tan amigables con el lector y seductoras en introducir temas harto complejos en este caso el placer. Interesante libro, aunque mi apetito exige una mayor ambición jeje.

[Laura]

Really enjoyable and thought-provoking read. The prose is elegant, funny, and engaging. Read over months at the cabin - easy to dip in and out of. Expected amount of dated/judgy views from an early 1990s rich Canadian guy, but didn't spoil my enjoyment.

[Tea H.]

Forever min ynglings bog

[Karmen]

Very layman version of author's work on and interest in the different ways we experience pleasure.

[Jeff Wong]

This is an interesting book -- the premise is that what living organisms perceive as pleasurable is likely inherited to a large degree and impacts the evolution of living things. Told in socio-psychological and, at times, philosophical view point, the author provides some anecdotes, some summaries of behavioral health studies, and some anthropological reports to support his notions. This version I read is the first one; there is apparently a 2nd version published in the early 2000's. With a decade more of investigation, there many be additional scientific evidence to support his contentions.

[Jeff]

Without a doubt, the worst book I've read in the last 5 years. The author appears to be a university professor, in which case, one truly sympathizes with students that took his classes. He posits vaguely interest explanations for why people have sweet tooths, overeat etc. HIs flaw is in repeating those arguments ad nauseum, with no supporting data at any point. I wouldn't waste the time or money even flipping through this book

[Janet]

Lionel Tiger says, "I am convinced that the principal trove of luxurious pleasure is a vast range of undramatic experience of daily living, of daily thinking, of daily talk, of midday conversation with a pet, of daily cuddling, of daily enjoyment of fresh and fragant air and some seedless grapes."

Yes, it's simple. Work some, eat some, play some, and sleep some- but enjoy each with pleasure in simply being alive.

[Ryan]

I expected more from this one. The conclusion was probably the best part.

[Diego]

It simply made understand why I do and like those activities and things I consider pleasurable. Easy to read and to undertand.