Carpe Diem Regained

Roman Krznaric is a social philosopher who writes about the power of ideas to create change. After growing up in Sydney and Hong Kong, he studied at the universities of Oxford, London and Essex, where he gained his PhD in political science. His books The Good Ancestor, Empathy, and Carpe Diem Regained, have been published in more than twenty-five languages. His writings have been widely influential amongst political and ecological campaigners, education reformers, social entrepreneurs and designers. He is the founder of the world’s first Empathy Museum, a member of the Club of Rome, and a Research Fellow at the Long Now Foundation. His talks and workshops have taken him from a London prison to the TED global stage. He is also a fanatical player of the medieval sport of real tennis.

‘Inspiring, bracing, and elegant: a timely corrective to contemporary follies, from mindfulness to workaholism’ — Sarah Bakewell, author of At the Existentialist Cafe‘A profound, playful book for wannabe grown-ups who love life’  — Sir Tim Smit, founder of the Eden Project‘The perfect reminder that life is short and fragile’ — Philippa Perry‘A modern classic of contemporary philosophy’ — Julia Hobsbawm‘Insightful and instructive’ — John Gray‘As always Roman takes a unique look at the world we've created. Insightful and thought provoking’ — Tim Lovejoy‘A rather wonderful new book is trying to seize back the noble art of day-seizing’ — Viv Groskop‘I have always been inspired by carpe diem so I'm delighted to have your book’ — Dame Judi Dench‘One of those rare books that forces you to ask what the hell you're doing with your life’ — George Monbiot