{"product_id":"inwardness-jonardon-ganeri-9780231192293","title":"Inwardness: An Outsider's Guide","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhere do we look when we look inward? In what sort of space does our inner life take place? Augustine said that to turn inward is to find oneself in a library of memories, while the Indian Buddhist tradition holds that we are self-illuminating beings casting light onto a world of shadows. And a disquieting set of dissenters has claimed that inwardness is merely an illusion--or, worse, a deceit. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJonardon Ganeri explores philosophical reflections from many of the world's intellectual cultures, ancient and modern, on how each of us inhabits an inner world. In brief and lively chapters, he ranges across an unexpected assortment of diverse thinkers: Buddhist, Hindu, Islamic, Chinese, and Western philosophy and literature from the Upaniṣads, Socrates, and Avicenna to Borges, Simone Weil, and \u003ci\u003eRashōmon\u003c\/i\u003e. Ganeri examines the various metaphors that have been employed to explain interiority--shadows and mirrors, masks and disguises, rooms and enclosed spaces--as well as the interfaces and boundaries between inner and outer worlds. Written in a cosmopolitan spirit, this book is a thought-provoking consideration of the value--or peril--of turning one's gaze inward for all readers who have sought to map the geography of the mind.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jonardon Ganeri\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0231192290\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780231192293\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Columbia University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/10\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.20w x 0.90d","brand":"Jonardon Ganeri","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44051780829439,"sku":"9780231192293","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_698bfd34-f1b0-46d3-9d97-cf0e3262daa8.jpg?v=1685015121","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/inwardness-jonardon-ganeri-9780231192293","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}