{"product_id":"self-and-soul-a-defense-of-ideals-9780674984004","title":"Self and Soul: A Defense of Ideals","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn \u003ci\u003eARTery\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of the Year\u003cbr\u003eAn \u003ci\u003eArt of Manliness\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of the Year \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn a culture that has become progressively more skeptical and materialistic, the desires of the individual self stand supreme, Mark Edmundson says. We spare little thought for the great ideals that once gave life meaning and worth. \u003ci\u003eSelf and Soul\u003c\/i\u003e is an impassioned effort to defend the values of the Soul. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"An impassioned critique of Western society, a relentless assault on contemporary complacency, shallowness, competitiveness and self-regard...Throughout \u003ci\u003eSelf and Soul\u003c\/i\u003e, Edmundson writes with a Thoreau-like incisiveness and fervor...[A] powerful, heartfelt book.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Michael Dirda, \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"[Edmundson's] bold and ambitious new book is partly a demonstration of what a 'real education' in the humanities, inspired by the goal of 'human transformation' and devoted to taking writers seriously, might look like...[It] quietly sets out to challenge many educational pieties, most of the assumptions of recent literary studies--and his own chosen lifestyle.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Mathew Reisz, \u003ci\u003eTimes Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Edmundson delivers a welcome championing of humanistic ways of thinking and living.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mark Edmundson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harvard University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/02\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.6lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.40w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780674984004","brand":"Harvard University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43369842475145,"sku":"9780674984004","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_1cd9ac17-356b-43d2-81d9-91c769f14da0.jpg?v=1739859331","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/self-and-soul-a-defense-of-ideals-9780674984004","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}