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| Founded | 2008 |
| Founder | Alain de Botton |
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The School of Life is a British multinational[2] social media company founded in 2008 by British author and public speaker Alain de Botton.[3][4] The company is headquartered in London.[5] It publishes various materials dealing with the topics of anxiety management,[6] emotional intelligence, relationships, work, creativity, and spirituality.
History
[edit]The School of Life was founded in 2008[4] by a group of academics, including author Alain de Botton. The curator, Sophie Howarth, is assisted by psychotherapists, artists, and educators.[7]
Publishing
[edit]As of 2016, The School of Life owns a publishing press named "The School of Life Press."[8]
Books
[edit]- Great Thinkers (2016)
- Relationships (2017)
- How to Overcome Your Childhood (2018)
- Anxiety (2019)
- Big Ideas for Curious Minds (2019)
- What They Forgot to Teach You at School (2020)
- The Good Enough Parent (2021)
- On Self Hatred (2022)
- How Modern Media Destroys Our Minds (2022)
- Big Ideas From Literature (2024)[9]
Criticism
[edit]The company has been criticized for its representations of philosophers and philosophical arguments. The Los Angeles Review of Books criticized a series of books by the School of Life as being a "vortex of jargon pitched somewhere between the banal banter of daytime talk shows and the schedule for a nightmarish New Age retreat."[10] Professor Hans-Georg Moeller of the University of Macau has criticized the School's video on Lao Tzu, stating that it used fabricated quotes and misrepresented the Tao Te Ching.[11]
Jeffrey Howard praises the company for its critiques of romanticism and efforts to foster emotional intelligence using philosophy, and argues that The School of Life offers "self-help for those who might need a bit more engagement with the intellect to consider the complete living that comes with also employing our faculties that operate from the neck down."[12]
References
[edit]- ^ "Campus London LLP – Overview (free company information from Companies House)".
- ^ "A Brief History of the School of Life". Happiness.com. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
- ^ "The School of Life: An Interview With Alain de Botton". HuffPost. 12 May 2016. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
- ^ a b Wyndham, Susan (29 June 2016). "Alain de Botton and his School of Life come to Sydney". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
- ^ "Londoner's Diary: Alain De Botton and his school exit Europe". London Evening Standard. 10 April 2017. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
- ^ Dynes, Robin (28 April 2017). "Preparing for Anxiety Management Training". Anxiety Management. pp. 1–18. doi:10.4324/9781315172941. ISBN 9781315172941.
- ^ "Faculty". The School of Life. Archived from the original on 6 December 2016. Retrieved 7 December 2016.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "The School of Life | Your Path to Mental Wellbeing". The School of Life. Retrieved 30 November 2023.
- ^ Dillon, Melanie (28 April 2024). "Big Ideas From Literature by The School of Life". School Reading List. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
- ^ Levy, Lisa (11 May 2013). "How To Think More (But Not Better): Alain de Botton's School of Life". Los Angeles Review of Books. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
- ^ WORSE Philosophy Videos! School of Life on Eastern Philosophy - Lao Tzu, 17 March 2021, archived from the original on 20 December 2021, retrieved 15 June 2021
- ^ Howard, Jeffrey (2019). "'The School of Life' Preaches Pessimism Over Romanticism." Erraticus. Retrieved March 18, 2023. [1]
External links
[edit]- Official website
- The Book of Life – online database material produced by The School of Life
- Official YouTube Channel
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