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The Mediocre Man
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Author : Jose Ingenieros
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2018-03-16
The Mediocre Man written by Jose Ingenieros and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-03-16 with categories.
The book that made the most powerful impact in my adolescence was "El Hombre Mediocre" (The Mediocre Man), Jose Ingenieros' most important work. I read it when I was 17 years old, growing up in my Argentina's Pampas. Upon its completion, and motivated to drink all I could from his rich fountain, I found his published works and made quick progress with all of them as you may as well, once you devour his first page. Jose Ingenieros grew up in Argentina, where he graduated as a physician from the University of Buenos Aires in 1900. He later became a psychiatrist but his deep love for literature kept him active in intellectual endeavors throughout his short life. He was philosophically most influenced by Herbert Spencer, Ralph Waldo Emerson and Auguste Comte. He became an active positivist philosopher, embracing effort and education as the pillars of human development and achievement. His philosophy was akin to Ayn Rand's, but he wrote this book in 1913 when Ms. Rand was just 8 years-old and decades before The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged were published, motivating so many in college campuses throughout the United States over the past seven decades. He wrote about the human condition, society and the motivations behind human behavior. The mediocre man is that quantitative man, able to understand more from less but not the best from the worse. The Idealist is a qualitative man who distinguishes the bad he observes from the better he imagines. After reading Ingenieros, reviewing his concepts of idealism and his merciless flogging of mediocrity, I could no longer sit idle in my free time. It forced me to observe human behavior under a different glass and light, and while we continue to be complex creatures difficult to throw into boxes and impossible to paint with a broad brush, it has provided motivation and opened my eyes to geniuses of creation, saints and heroes alike. It has helped me look for answers to understand our Universe and my place within it. It has reaffirmed the role of reason and observation in that quest and reduced the importance of dogma. His most important philosophical and social work is translated here for your enjoyment. At a time when human attention is under attack by so many distracting stimuli and influences, I hope this short book will motivate new generations of adolescents to emulate Jose Ingenieros and the eternal values he discussed and promoted.
Mediocre Man
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Author : Anna Travis
language : en
Publisher: CreateSpace
Release Date : 2013-09
Mediocre Man written by Anna Travis and has been published by CreateSpace this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-09 with Literary Criticism categories.
Mediocre man has trudged through two centuries of European and American culture and shows no sign of finishing his ghostly walk. The compelling tragi-comic appeal of this 'lost' Western archetype has been unrecognised until now. Drawing on sociology, cultural theory and fiction from three centuries, this book considers why this character endures.Why is mediocre man so funny and determined to resurface in many guises and artforms? Why do 'average' men make for rich satire? Are we laughing defensively, to reassure ourselves how far we are from embodying mediocre traits, when in fact they are painfully close? Do these fictions employ a warm comedy of recognition or darker comedy of distancing? Why is fiction repeatedly offering an escape from mundanity, through a revelling in its depiction? Tracing the dramatic formula of mediocre man's quest myth through the nineteenth century to the present, I follow his despairing search for meaningful work and spiritual fulfilment. Noting our anti-heroes rage regarding his invisibility, I try to establish what social features of his era might mean mediocre man tragically fails to achieve autonomy.I ask what moral truths mediocre man embodies, to earn his place alongside the Don Juans, villains or hunted men of our collective consciousness. Our dullard's evolution is traced from Gogol's clerk Akaky Akakievich, to the 'Mediocre salesmen and Boardinghouse men' of twentieth century fiction. I explore the dialectical symbolism of Mr Average and his bohemian foil, who is often despised for embodying the 'creativity' many find little leisure time to pursue. Suburban signifiers are considered in sit-coms like The Rise and Fall of Reginald Perrin and N.F.Simpson's dramas. The office neurotics of late twentieth century fiction are analysed via Ben Kafka's Freudian tinged critical history of paperwork. Another key subset are mediocre writers, secretly penning masterworks to escape uncreative labour. These 'average' writers are an ironic catharsis for authors, purging deep fears in distanced symbolism. Late Twentieth Century British television comedy proves a rich source of 'light entertainment' mediocre performers, whose self-delusions lies close to the classic fool typology. The reality this figure embodies is Western modernity's destruction of self-actualization. Weber and Adorno's theories on culture and power help to demonstrate the function and symbolic schema of a quotidian quest myth. Mediocre man and his bohemian nemesis are folk devils of advanced-capitalistic societies, the spawn of ideologies that need an isolated, outsider position for the artist and a purported mediocrity playing his draining, opposing role. These hopeless conformists endure because they boil into a transformative rage, against familiar forces that appear beyond challenge: the distant boss, familial expectations, the free market/wage system. The 'invisible' structures that crush our hero are the capitalist mechanisms that separate labour from creativity. As Marx argued: in deferring his desires, the producer achieves only limited autonomy, he does not transcend them. Economic work is dominated by material desires in 'the realm of necessity'. The deepest essence of man, his creative act, has been transformed into a possession. Bohemian man, in this mythology, represents the false promise of liberation through artistic activity, as a truly free form of creativity. Yet it is to the radical separation of mental and manual labour that culture owes its existence. Adorno argues the end of culture is: “the suspension of its reified status, its re-submersion in the actual life-process of society.” Our protaganist plays a unique role in culture therefore as the only metaphorical figure to not simply exist because of this division, but make this rupture the tragic import of its symbolism. This average archetype is knitted into our collective imaginative fabric. Is it any wonder we forever re-enact mediocre man's revenge?
How To Change The Mind Of The Mediocre Man
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Author : Kervance D. Ross
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2010
How To Change The Mind Of The Mediocre Man written by Kervance D. Ross and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Goal (Philosophy) categories.
The Seeming Mediocre Man
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Author : KU XIAONAN; BABEL NOVEL.
language : en
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The Seeming Mediocre Man written by KU XIAONAN; BABEL NOVEL. and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with categories.
Mediocre Man
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Author : Richard Levy
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Pub
Release Date : 2012-11-01
Mediocre Man written by Richard Levy and has been published by Createspace Independent Pub this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-11-01 with Fiction categories.
In an increasingly competitive business world, how low will some stoop to get ahead? Such is the thrust of Mediocre Man, Richard Levy's edgy commentary on the modern workplace that pries open the conference room doors with a cubicled twist on the fast-paced outlandishness of Catch-22. On his first day on the job at the colossus Pyramid, Harmon readily embraces the mindless paper pushing his new position demands. However, by the second day at the weekly Tuesday meeting, it's clear that cuts are in the offing, and no one is safe. Worse, his vision of smooth sailing quickly vaporizes when he accidentally discovers the damning secret of office tyrant Swayne Rohr. It seems Swayne's an imposter who is well equipped to maintain his charade with the help of alarming protection. He tortures inferiors without fear of retribution from HR-3 and HR-4, the human resources personnel and surveillance divisions. His airtight scheme could elevate him beyond Upper status, until Harmon happens to get wind of his true identity.With Swayne's ascending career in jeopardy, he and his henchmen conspire to railroad Harmon straight out of the company. Harmon's quaint code of ethics renders him woefully unprepared for Swayne's brand of ruthless office warfare, which extends to church, the local high school, and even a steamy hotel room with his flirtatious boss Jackie. What's more, Harmon's only ally is the lowest-ranking employee in the sector— a charismatic, slacker temp called Kid. As his career and marriage unravel, Harmon struggles to overcome his morality, outfox his nemesis, and escape the Pyramid's career-killing Wall of Shame. Can an average guy with nagging conscience outwit the office bastard? While Harmon maneuvers to expose the office bully, Mediocre Man tackles broader social forces – including class inequity, job security, and eccentric protocols – which take its toll on a dysfunctional corporate culture. Anyone who has ever clocked in hours as a desk jockey will find heartening humor in the machinations of this inventive, refreshing look at unconventional workspaces and the unfathomable dilemmas that can entangle even the most principled individuals.
Musings Of A Mediocre Man
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Author : Michael T. Miyoshi
language : en
Publisher: iUniverse
Release Date : 2000-09
Musings Of A Mediocre Man written by Michael T. Miyoshi and has been published by iUniverse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-09 with Literary Collections categories.
What drives a man? What makes him who he is? In this eclectic collection, the author reveals much about not only who he is but why he is the way he is. And the reader might be surprised to find a little of himself (or her spouse).
Notes Of A Mediocre Man
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Author : Bipin Aurora
language : en
Publisher: Guernica Editions Incorporated
Release Date : 2017
Notes Of A Mediocre Man written by Bipin Aurora and has been published by Guernica Editions Incorporated this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017 with East Indians categories.
Two brothers come to school and do nothing but tell stories. A young woman works at the Indian Consulate in a major American city. A man goes to a singles dance. An unnamed narrator offers his "notes" on modern-day America. An old Jewish man in a nursing home tells the tale of his daughter. A retired man in India tries to collect his pension. A woman tells the story of her husband's death in partition India. A man goes from interview to interview, hoping for employment. Some stories are fable-like, others more realistic. However, all stories deal, in one way or another, with small, "mediocre" people -- people trying to fit into a world of bigness, applause, success.
Mediocre
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Author : Ijeoma Oluo
language : en
Publisher: Seal Press
Release Date : 2021-11-09
Mediocre written by Ijeoma Oluo and has been published by Seal Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-11-09 with Political Science categories.
From the author of the smash hit #1 New York Times bestseller So You Want to Talk About Race, an "illuminating" (New York Times Book Review) history of white male identity in America What happens to a country that tells generations of white men that they deserve power? What happens when their identity is defined by status over women and people of color? Through the last 150 years of American history, Ijeoma Oluo exposes the devastating consequences of white male supremacy. She then envisions a new white male identity, one free from racism and sexism. Now with a new preface addressing the harrowing 2021 Capitol attack, Mediocre confronts our founding myths, in hopes that we will write better stories for future generations.
Notes Of A Mediocre Man
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Author : Bipin Aurora
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2017
Notes Of A Mediocre Man written by Bipin Aurora and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017 with East Indians categories.
Memoirs Of A Magnificently Mediocre Man
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Author : Chris Santos
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2021-01-10
Memoirs Of A Magnificently Mediocre Man written by Chris Santos and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-01-10 with categories.
Memoirs of a Magnificently Mediocre Man is a collection of personal anecdotes highlighting the bizarrely satisfying history of one insignificantly average guy. Not your typical inspirational book, this collection of true stories from the life of the most below average human in the world is sure to, uhm, inspire you. Being the best of the best is not all it's cracked up to be, but the author wouldn't know since he's never been. This is a book that blurs the line between triumph and failure. When disappointment is the norm, you celebrate anything that resembles victory (or looks the least like defeat). In the small existence of an unremarkable but somewhat determined man, the tiniest of flames shines brighter than a thousand suns. You will not need sunglasses to read this book.