{"title":"Costica Bradatan","description":"\u003cp\u003eExplore the captivating works of Costica Bradatan, a distinguished thinker whose writings delve deep into the complexities of human existence. As an author, philosopher, and storyteller, Bradatan provides readers with profound insights and reflective narratives that challenge conventional perspectives. His collection, including notable titles such as \u003cem\u003eIn Praise of Failure\u003c\/em\u003e, breaks new ground in the realm of Biography \u0026amp; Memoir.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBradatan’s works are celebrated for their philosophical depth and eloquent exploration of themes such as the human condition, the role of failure, and the essence of identity. His unique ability to intertwine personal anecdotes with historical and philosophical contexts offers readers an engaging and thought-provoking experience.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhether you are new to Bradatan's work or a seasoned reader, this collection invites you on a journey of introspection and discovery, prompting a reconsideration of failure not as a setback but as an integral part of the path to understanding oneself and the world.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"in-praise-of-failure-by-costica-bradatan-9780674970472","title":"In Praise of Failure","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSquarely challenging a culture obsessed with success, an acclaimed philosopher argues that failure is vital to a life well lived, curing us of arrogance and self-deception and engendering humility instead.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOur obsession with success is hard to overlook. Everywhere we compete, rank, and measure. Yet this relentless drive to be the best blinds us to something vitally important: the need to be humble in the face of life's challenges. Costica Bradatan mounts his case for failure through the stories of four historical figures who led lives of impact and meaning—and assiduously courted failure. Their struggles show that engaging with our limitations can be not just therapeutic but transformative.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIn Praise of Failure\u003c\/em\u003e explores several arenas of failure, from the social and political to the spiritual and biological. It begins by examining the defiant choices of the French mystic Simone Weil, who, in sympathy with exploited workers, took up factory jobs that her frail body could not sustain. From there we turn to Mahatma Gandhi, whose punishing quest for purity drove him to ever more extreme acts of self-abnegation. Next, we meet the self-styled loser E. M. Cioran, who deliberately turned his back on social acceptability, and Yukio Mishima, who revelled in a distinctly Japanese preoccupation with the noble failure, before looking to Seneca to tease out the ingredients of a good life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eGleefully breaching the boundaries between argument and storytelling, scholarship and spiritual quest, Bradatan concludes that while success can make us shallow, our failures can lead us to humbler, more attentive, and better-lived lives. We can do without success, but we are much poorer without the gifts of failure.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46855786070252,"sku":"9780674970472","price":59.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/8206603482428.jpg?v=1759277477"},{"product_id":"in-praise-of-failure-by-costica-bradatan-9780674297203","title":"In Praise of Failure","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA \u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e Editors' Choice\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Charming and brilliant.\" -\u003cem\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Provocative, stimulating, wise–the book that our success-obsessed age needs to read.\"–Tom Holland\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Bradatan, a philosopher, writes with elegance and wit, his every thought and sentence slipping smoothly into the next…I was absorbed by Bradatan's book even—or especially—when I felt uncomfortable with its implications.\" -Jennifer Szalai, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Bradatan wears his erudition lightly. He is a pleasure to read, and his prose conveys a happy resilience in the face of life's inevitable contradictions. His lessons in humility remind us that the pursuit of success is often motivated by the dread of failure—and that our attempts to create things are often driven by an avoidance of our mortality.\" -Michael S. Roth, \u003cem\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Bradatan writes with the same daring, the same interpretive anger that made his subjects notorious in their own day for choosing failure over what their respective worlds counted as success. A gripping read, start to finish.\" –Jack Miles, author of \u003cem\u003eGod: A Biography\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOur obsession with success is hard to overlook. Everywhere we compete, rank, and measure. 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Their struggles show that engaging with our limitations can be not just therapeutic but positively transformative.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46855786168556,"sku":"9780674297203","price":40.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/1473913482428.jpg?v=1759277491"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/costica-bradatan.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}