This Restless Life

Brigid Delaney

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English

MELBOURNE UNIVERSITY PRES
01 August 2009

Society & Social Sciences; Consumerism

This Restless Life asks if we are sacrificing depth for breadth, or if it's possible to have both?

We often live in transit, shifting between jobs, cities and countries, trying to build communities in a virtual world, but longing - maybe before dropping off to sleep at night - for some stronger connection.

The savage playground of speed dating. High-risk, low-loyalty workplaces, scattered around the world. Friendships and love affairs conducted through technology. Globalisation and the long boom have changed the way young people love, work and travel.

In This Restless Life, journalist Brigid Delaney looks at the impact that hyper-mobility and the excesses of consumer culture have had on the restless generation. She hears stories from young Australians in the departure lounges of outer London airports, at parties in Rome and Sydney, in the cafes of Berlin and Paris. They feel 'nation-stateless', adrift. Their affluence in the new economy has come at a cost.

Having lived the restless life herself - fifteen cities over the past fifteen years - Delaney laments the loss of the things that for previous generations held life together, like romantic love, full-time permanent work and real-world communities. But just as the pace of the new economy changed us into restless human beings, might the global financial crisis provide this generation with an opportunity to slow down and reassess how it might live?

By: Brigid Delaney
Imprint: MELBOURNE UNIVERSITY PRES
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 154mm, Spine: 23mm
Weight: 380g
ISBN: 9780522855968
ISBN 10: 0522855962
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 01 August 2009
Audience: General/trade , General/trade , ELT Advanced , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Unspecified

Reviews for This Restless Life

"""Echoing an Alain de Botton investigation . . . Delaney's excavation into 'project self'--and the churning it entails--is an entertaining and insightful read."" --""Sun Herald"""