{"product_id":"human-goodness-yi-fu-tuan-9780299226701","title":"Human Goodness","description":"In his many best-selling books, Yi-Fu Tuan seizes big, metaphysical issues and considers them in uniquely accessible ways. \u003ci\u003eHuman Goodness\u003c\/i\u003e is evidence of this talent and is both as simple, and as epic, as it sounds. Genuinely good people and their actions, Tuan contends, are far from boring, naive, and trite; they are complex, varied, and enormously exciting. In a refreshing antidote to skeptical times, he writes of ordinary human courtesies, as simple as busing your dishes after eating, that make society functional and livable. And he writes of extraordinary courage and inventiveness under the weight of adversity and evil. He considers the impact of communal goodness over time, and his sketches of six very different individuals--Confucius, Socrates, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, John Keats, Dr. Albert Schweitzer, and Simone Weil--confirm that there are human lives that can encourage and lead us to our better selves. Best Books for General Audiences, selected by the American Association of School Librarians, and Best Books for Special Interests, selected by the Public Library Association\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Yi-Fu Tuan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0299226700\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780299226701\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Wisconsin Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/25\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.78lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.43h x 5.97w x 0.81d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/24\/2008 pg. 61\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/14\/2008","brand":"Yi-Fu Tuan","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43913578250495,"sku":"9780299226701","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_2a200d68-bbfb-49db-a621-f1d725337e67.jpg?v=1680621160","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/human-goodness-yi-fu-tuan-9780299226701","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}