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The Value of Being Misunderstood with Ziyad Marar and Roman Krznaric | Bloomsbury Institute

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A frank and lively discussion on the value of judgement and if we're judging ourselves and others constantly is it an important point of connection between us? Watch author-thinker Ziyad Marar and social philosopher Roman Krznaric breakdown the reasoning behind judgement, and why we need it to better navigate our lives and relationships, the real value of being misunderstood (and why no one can ever truly understand you). And, most critically, how we came to live in an age where one foolish tweet can destroy a career, one careless image can ruin a reputation... 

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About Judged by Ziyad Marar

Everyone worries about being judged. One foolish tweet can destroy a career, one careless image can ruin a reputation. Yet judgement is inescapable; we cannot be social beings without judging and being judged. We're stuck with judgement and all the awkwardness, embarrassment, shame, guilt and loneliness that can come with that. 

Yet all is not lost in this arena of snap verdicts and social misfires. In this sensitive and creative book, Ziyad Marar reclaims judgement proposing that we need it in order to value ourselves and others; we can't live abundantly without the peaks and troughs of judgement. Drawing upon psychology, philosophy, TV, Film, poetry and literature, Marar reveals a world which takes seriously our need to reach out and connect and one where hope, however tentative, can blossom. 

There are no easy answers here, but there are moments where our judging can become generous and forgiving; moments where the cracks in the world feel like possibilities rather than dead ends, moments when the light comes in.

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Ziyad Marar is the author of Intimacy (2014), Deception (The Art of Living) (2008) and The Happiness Paradox (2003) and is President of Global Publishing at Sage Publications.

Roman Krznaric is a social philosopher whose books, including Empathy, The Wonderbox and How to Find Fulfilling Work, have been published in more than 20 languages. His latest book, Carpe Diem Regained, has been described by George Monbiot in The Guardian as “brilliant – one of those rare books that forces you to ask what the hell you’re doing with your life.” He is the founder of the world’s first Empathy Museum and of the digital Empathy Library. He is also a founding faculty member of The School of Life and a Research Associate at the Design Against Crime Research Centre at Central Saint Martins college of art and design in London. Roman has been named by The Observer as one of Britain’s leading popular philosophers. His writings have been widely influential amongst political and ecological campaigners, education reformers, social entrepreneurs and designers. An acclaimed public speaker, his talks and workshops have taken him from a London prison to Google’s headquarters in California. 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 sociology. Roman has worked as an academic, a gardener and a human rights campaigner. He is also a fanatical real tennis player and has a passion for making furniture.

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