William Davies (8) (1976–)
Autore di L'industria della felicità. Come la politica e le grandi imprese ci vendono il benessere
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Sull'Autore
William Davies is a political economist at Goldsmiths, University of London, and a contributor to publications such as the Atlantic and the New York Times. He lives in London.
Fonte dell'immagine: Publicity photo of William Davies from his blog: http://potlatch.typepad.com/about.html
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I think Davies’ writing on the psychology of addiction and how it plays into self-destructive behaviors was his most clear and interesting. I had never considered how, as Davies suggests, drug use gives addicts a sense of control of their lives, even it is only to do harm, because this is preferable to the feeling of helplessness endemic in so many places today. Davies follows this strand of thought to includes people who vote against what the experts say is in their best interest. I’m not sure if this argument is true, but it at least felt novel to me.… (altro)