{"product_id":"hater-john-semley-9780735236165","title":"Hater: On the Virtues of Utter Disagreeability","description":"\u003cb\u003eA timely manifesto urging us to think critically, form opinions, and then argue them with gusto.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eHater\u003c\/i\u003e begins from a simple premise: that it's good to hate things. Not people or groups or benign belief systems, but \u003ci\u003ethings.\u003c\/i\u003e More to the point, it's good to hate the things everyone seems to like. \u003cbr\u003e Scan the click-baiting headlines of your favorite news or pop-culture website and you're likely to find that just about everything is, supposedly, \"what we need right now.\" We are the victims of an unbridled, unearned optimism. And our world demands pessimism. It's vital to be contrarian--now, as they say, more than ever. Because ours is an age of calcified consensus. And we should all hate that. \u003cbr\u003e In this scathing and funny rebuke of the status quo, journalist John Semley illustrates that looking for and identifying nonsense isn't just a useful exercise for society, it's also a lot of fun. But \u003ci\u003eHater \u003c\/i\u003edoesn't just skewer terrible TV shows and hit songs--at its core it shows us how to meaningfully talk about and engage with culture, and the world. Ultimately, \u003ci\u003eHater\u003c\/i\u003e is what we actually need right now.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Semley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 073523616X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780735236165\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Viking\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/23\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.50h x 5.20w x 0.80d","brand":"John Semley","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48065050280191,"sku":"9780735236165","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ed153d3f-d754-4bef-893f-00f8efabee81.jpg?v=1768672810","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/hater-john-semley-9780735236165","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}