The Resource Winning : reflections on an American obsession, Francesco Duina
Winning : reflections on an American obsession, Francesco Duina
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The item Winning : reflections on an American obsession, Francesco Duina represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of San Diego Libraries.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
- "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. The author 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 he 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. He explores the social and psychological effects of the language of competition in American culture. Primarily concerned with our shared obsessions about winning and losing, this work 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"--Provided by publisher
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (x, 237 pages)
- 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
- Isbn
- 9781400836680
- Label
- Winning : reflections on an American obsession
- Title
- Winning
- Title remainder
- reflections on an American obsession
- Statement of responsibility
- Francesco Duina
- Subject
-
- Electronic books
- Failure (Psychology)
- Failure (Psychology)
- Losers
- Losers -- United States
- National characteristics, American
- National characteristics, American
- Competition (Psychology)
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology | General
- Social values
- Social values -- United States
- Success
- Success -- United States
- United States
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General
- Competition (Psychology)
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "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. The author 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 he 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. He explores the social and psychological effects of the language of competition in American culture. Primarily concerned with our shared obsessions about winning and losing, this work 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"--Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- N$T
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1969-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Duina, Francesco G.
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Social values
- Losers
- Success
- Failure (Psychology)
- Competition (Psychology)
- National characteristics, American
- SOCIAL SCIENCE
- SOCIAL SCIENCE
- Competition (Psychology)
- Failure (Psychology)
- Losers
- National characteristics, American
- Social values
- Success
- United States
- Label
- Winning : reflections on an American obsession, Francesco Duina
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-231) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- mixed
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- 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
- Control code
- ocn650514301
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (x, 237 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781400836680
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- c
- Note
- JSTOR
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
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- 22573/cttv6m8
- 3977362c-a8cf-4db3-acbd-464f32225391
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)650514301
- Label
- Winning : reflections on an American obsession, Francesco Duina
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-231) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- mixed
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- 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
- Control code
- ocn650514301
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (x, 237 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781400836680
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Note
- JSTOR
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
-
- 22573/cttv6m8
- 3977362c-a8cf-4db3-acbd-464f32225391
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)650514301
Subject
- Electronic books
- Failure (Psychology)
- Failure (Psychology)
- Losers
- Losers -- United States
- National characteristics, American
- National characteristics, American
- Competition (Psychology)
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology | General
- Social values
- Social values -- United States
- Success
- Success -- United States
- United States
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General
- Competition (Psychology)
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