New Way of Remembering the Past and Imagining the Future

Summary:
What is the point of working so hard? What can replace the shortage of soulmates? What else can one do in a hotel? Through these questions, and many others, Theodore Zeldin demonstrates that both the greatest problem and the greatest opportunity of the 21st century lie in our relationships with others.

Contents
Preface 9
1.What is the great adventure of our time ? 15
2.What is a wasted life ? 31
3.How can people lose their illusions about themselves ?
4.What alternatives are there to being a rebel ?
5.What can the poor tell the rich ? 72
6.What could the rich tell the poor ?
7.How many ways of committing suicide are there ?
8.How can an unbeliever understand a believer? 111
9.How can a religion change? 122
10.How can prejudices be overcome?? 138
11.How else can one think about the future, apart from trying to predict it or worrying about it? 156
12.Is ridicule the most effective form of non-violent protest? 168
13.How does one acquire a sense of humour ? 181
14.What stops people feeling completely at home in their own country? 194
15.How many nations can one love at the same time? 209
16.Why do so many people feel unappreciated, unloved and only half alive ? 223
17.How else might women and men treat one another? 237
18.What can replaced the shortage of soul-maters? 249
19.Is another kind of sexual revolution achievable ?
20.What can artists aim for beyond self-expression ? 282
21.What is more interesting than becoming a leader ? 296
22.What is the point of working so hard ? 314
23.Are there more amusing ways of earning a living?329
24.What else can one do in a hotel ?
25.What more can the young ask of their elders? 360
26.Is remaining young at heart enough to avoid becoming old? 373
27.What is worth knowing? 387
28.What does it mean to be alive ? 400

Where can one find nourishment for the mind ? 413

Index 415