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In Praise of Failure

Four Lessons in Humility

Costica Bradatan

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$29.95 • £26.95 • €27.95

ISBN 9780674970472

Publication Date: 01/03/2023

288 pages

5-1/2 x 8-1/4 inches

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Prologue
1. In a Fallen World
2. The Ruins of Political Failure
3. Winners and Losers
4. The Ultimate Failure
Epilogue
Notes
Acknowledgments
Index

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Watch Costica Bradatan’s conversation with Robert Zaretsky at a January 2023 online event hosted by The Philosopher
In the New York Times, read Professor Bradatan on the “savage fear” at the heart of the American dream
In Commonweal, read an excerpt from In Praise of Failure on how a year of factory work transformed Simone Weil
At UnHerd, read Professor Bradatan on Roberto Calasso’s engagement with the concept of sacrifice
At New Statesman, read Bradatan on the ingredients for a successful academic hoax

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