{"product_id":"g-k-chesterton-stephen-r-l-clark-9781599471044","title":"G. K. Chesterton: Thinking Backward, Looking Forward","description":"\u003cp\u003e In this book, Stephen R. L. Clark, a philosopher with a lifelong \"addiction\" to science fiction, explores G. K. Chesterton's ideas and arguments in their historical context and evaluates them philosophically. He addresses Chesterton's sense that the way things are is not how they must have been or need be in the future and his willingness to face up to the apparent effects of the nihilism he detected in the science and politics of his day. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Clark offers a detailed study of some of Chesterton's works that have been identified by science fiction writers and critics as seminal influences. He attempts to deal with some of Chesterton's theories that have been found offensive or \"positively wicked\" by later writers and critics, including his arguments against female suffrage and in praise of war, his medievalist leanings, and his contemptuous rejection of the Darwinian evolutionary theory. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Stephen R. L. Clark\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1599471043\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781599471044\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Templeton Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.23lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.28h x 6.30w x 0.97d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2007 pg. 259","brand":"Stephen R. L. Clark","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44078480326911,"sku":"9781599471044","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_076dcb23-77ac-4c57-b0fc-e760ed5a53ec.jpg?v=1685475758","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/g-k-chesterton-stephen-r-l-clark-9781599471044","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}