Alain de Botton

The Books Interview: Alain de Botton

New Statesman (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009

The philosopher discusses his new book A Week At the Airport

two great love stories

Achtung Baby! (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009

First quote: Status Anxiety by Alain De Botton

Philosophy Bites podcast

The Lippard Blog (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009

... have enjoyed listening to topics that are outside the areas of philosophy I've studied, like Alain de Botton on the aesthetics of architecture. Other particularly good ones have been Hugh Mellor on time, David Papineau on physicalism, A.C. Grayling on Descartes' Meditations, and Peter Millican on the significance of Hume. I've still got a bunch more past episodes to listen to; I'm...

On clichés

Of Books and Bicycles (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009

I’ll admit I’m a skeptic when it comes to Alain de Botton’s writing, largely because The Consolations of Philosophy left me dissatisfied and wishing for more meaty philosophizing. I liked The Art of Travel quite a bit better, but my doubts have kept me from picking up How Proust Can Change Your Life, although I [...]

Religion for Atheists: A Secular Church

The Young Professional Blogs Aggregator (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009

Alain de Botton, in an article titled Religion for Atheists, endorses the idea of a secular church: In this new secular religion, there would be feast days, wedding ceremonies, revered figures (secularised saints) and even atheistic churches and temples. The...

• Religion for Atheists: A Secular Church - Ben Casnocha: The Blog

Religion for Atheists: A Secular Church

Ben Casnocha: The Blog (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009

Alain de Botton, in an article titled Religion for Atheists, endorses the idea of a secular church: In this new secular religion, there would be feast days, wedding ceremonies, revered figures (secularised saints) and even atheistic churches and temples. The...

IN MY FATHER'S SHADOW: Orson Welles's Daughter Speaks

Reading Under the Covers (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009

"Ignore your children and they will be obsessed with you for life."— Alain de Botton From the moment I saw In My Father’s Shadow: A Daughter Remembers Orson Welles in the Algonquin Books fall catalog, I knew that I must read the book and speak to author Chris Welles Feder. As the daughter of actor Lionel Stander (a contemporary of Welles), I wanted to learn how Feder...

Titles With Panache

SLING WORDS (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009

I enjoy reading through my different writers' publications and seeing who is publishing what. Here or a few titles that are so intriguing or weird that they make me want to read the book. The Pleasures And Sorrows Of Work by Alain de Botton is kind of an adult version of Richard Scarry 's kid classic What Do People Do All Day . The author said that he wanted to explore a subject that...