Svend Brinkmann lived quietly as a professor of psychology at Aalborg University until he published Stand Firm which became an overnight bestseller and quickly established him as a leading public intellectual and cultural critic. Winner of the prestigious Rosenkjær prize, Svend travels widely to host events and lecture on the key problems of modern life. In 2019 he published the acclaimed The Joy of Missing Out. He has also appeared in various television documentaries, and presented Danish television’s Live Fast! programs and the Meaningful Life series on Danish Radio 1.

• Preface1. Introduction: The century of grief2. Grief as a foundational emotion3. The phenomenology of grief4. The body in grief – grief in the body5. The ecology of grief6. Grief as a psychological diagnosis?7. A homeless loveBibliographyNotes

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Svend Brinkmann lived quietly as a professor of psychology at Aalborg University until he published Stand Firm which became an overnight bestseller and quickly established him as a leading public intellectual and cultural critic. Winner of the prestigious Rosenkjær prize, Svend travels widely to host events and lecture on the key problems of modern life. In 2019 he published the acclaimed The Joy of Missing Out. He has also appeared in various television documentaries, and presented Danish television’s Live Fast! programs and the Meaningful Life series on Danish Radio 1.

• Preface1. Introduction: The century of grief2. Grief as a foundational emotion3. The phenomenology of grief4. The body in grief – grief in the body5. The ecology of grief6. Grief as a psychological diagnosis?7. A homeless loveBibliographyNotes

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Svend Brinkmann lived quietly as a professor of psychology at Aalborg University until he published Stand Firm which became an overnight bestseller and quickly established him as a leading public intellectual and cultural critic. Winner of the prestigious Rosenkjær prize, Svend travels widely to host events and lecture on the key problems of modern life. In 2019 he published the acclaimed The Joy of Missing Out. He has also appeared in various television documentaries, and presented Danish television’s Live Fast! programs and the Meaningful Life series on Danish Radio 1.

• Preface1. Introduction: The century of grief2. Grief as a foundational emotion3. The phenomenology of grief4. The body in grief – grief in the body5. The ecology of grief6. Grief as a psychological diagnosis?7. A homeless loveBibliographyNotes

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