Length7h 40m
About this audiobook
Over a year I wrote more than forty letters to my seventeen-year-old son. They are short reflections on topics ranging from the familiar to the social and political. Topics that are part and parcel of both the daily lives of adults and young people in contemporary society. I am not looking to indoctrinate but rather to share points of view and sincere reflexion for considering part of our reality with a more critical and reflective viewpoint.
The book, which originated as something special and private between a father and son, is aimed at both young people and adults who wish to go beyond the superficiality and haste of our times. Readers will find in it an opportunity to reflect a little more on the "platitudes" that we often take for granted.
Audiobook details
GenrePhilosophy, Education and Learning
Length7 hrs 40 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateSep 16, 2015
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Dedication
25Week 22. Me vs. us
2Father and Son
26Week 24. Capitalism and the environment, an article
3Epigraph
27Week 25. Reason and emotion
4Introduction
28Week 26. On hate
5Week 1. Why am I writing to you?
29Week 27. On love or better yet, loves
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6Week 2. Student or learner
30Week 28. On the political system
7Week 3. Pleasure of happiness
31Week 29. Contemporary democracy and capitalism
8Week 4. Happy birthday
32Week 30. Short vs. long term
9Week 5. Nationalism
33Week 31. The community of residents
10Week 6. Essence or existence
34Week 32. Your plan for the future - Leading your life
11Week 7. Consumer capitalism
35Week 33. Contemporary capitalism and leading your life
12Week 9. My 50th birthday
36Week 34. Responsibility and blame
13Week 10. You’re home
37Week 35. Tolerance and intolerance
14Week 11. Grandfather Esteban
38Week 36. A shovelful of lime and another of sand
15Week 12. On democracy and the constitutional state
39Week 37. Loyalty, honesty, commitment
16Week 13. On rights and obligations
40Week 38. Freedom and its limits
17Week 14. Xenophobia and other ‘stupidophobias’
41Week 39. Intelligences and stupidities
18Week 15. Immigration and crime
42Week 40. The tumbler toy syndrome
19Week 16. God and gods
43Week 41. Your plan for life
20Week 17. Values and criteria
44Week 42. The Good Life
21Week 18. Ethic or ethics
45Epilogue
22Week 19. Merry Christmas
46Acknowledgements
23Week 20. Happy New Year
47About the author
24Week 21. Drugs and other ‘escapes’
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