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Complaint : from minor moans to principled protests / Julian Baggini.
- Title
- Complaint : from minor moans to principled protests / Julian Baggini.
- Author
- Baggini, Julian
- Publication
- London : Profile, 2008.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | P302.23 .B34 2008 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- 148 p.; 22 cm.
- Summary
- Complaint has driven society forward and has lead to the abolition of injustice-- but it is now associated primarily with inconsequential moans and frivolous litigation. Baggini provides a fascinating insight into an essential part of the human condition-- expressing our dissatisfaction.
- Series Statement
- Big ideas
- Subject
- Complaints (Rhetoric)
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Introduction -- 1. The noble history of complaint -- Divine complaint -- Religion -- The great complainers -- 2. Impossible complaint -- What we can't change -- Moving on -- Cathartic complaint -- 3. Mistaken complaint -- Contradictory complaints -- Self-defeating complaints -- Self-serving complaints -- Nostalgic and Luddite complaints -- Misdirected complaints -- Paranoid complaints -- Conformist complaints -- Empty complaints -- 4. Quotidian complaint -- Comparative complaintology -- Towards a future complaintology -- 5. Complaint and grievance -- Responsibility -- Freedom -- Entitlement -- The return to ethics -- Conclusion -- Appendix. The complaint survey -- Further reading -- Acknowledgements -- Notes -- Index.
- ISBN
- 9781846680571 (pbk.)
- 1846680573 (pbk.)
- OCLC
- 220004322
- SCSB-12057695
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library