Description
Do our attitudes to such things as happiness, responsibility, pleasure, sex, food and death add up to a philosophy?Philosopher Julian Baggini set out on a quest to discover what the English really think. Not content to rely solely on opinion polls and official surveys, he spent six months in 566, the most typical postcode area in the country.
Living in a semi in Everytown by the junction of a dual carriageway, he starts drinking in his local area and makes new friends. The Sun and the Daily Mail become his source of news while Radio Two plays in the background. And he begins to explore people's beliefs, their hopes and fears.
He finds meaning in unlikely places, such as the race course, Indian takeaways, and nightclubs packed with binge-drinkers. He encounters men who are men, women who are women, and children with no idea what they are supposed to be.
ISBN:9781862079212
