{"product_id":"the-art-of-gratitude-jeremy-david-engels-9781438469331","title":"The Art of Gratitude","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eExplores how the emotional experience of gratitude has been enlisted in neoliberal governance through the language of debt.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Art of Gratitude\u003c\/i\u003e, Jeremy David Engels sketches a genealogy of gratitude from the ancient Greeks to the contemporary self-help movement. One of the most striking things about gratitude, Engels finds, is how consistently it is described using the language of indebtedness. A chief purpose of this, he contends, is to make us more comfortable living lives in debt, with the nefarious effect of pacifying the citizenry so we are less likely to speak out about social and economic injustice. To counteract this, he proposes an alternative art of gratitude-as-thanksgiving that is inspired by Indian philosophy, particularly the yoga philosophy of the Bhagavad Gita and Patanjali's \u003ci\u003eYoga-Sutras\u003c\/i\u003e. He argues that this art of gratitude can challenge neoliberalism by reorienting our politics away from resentment, anger, and guilt and toward a democratic ethic of thanksgiving and the common good.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jeremy David Engels\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1438469330\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781438469331\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e State University of New York Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 236\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.00w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2018","brand":"Jeremy David Engels","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48088257560831,"sku":"9781438469331","price":99.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4d03fc0f-3957-4e07-ab96-86078cda2dab.jpg?v=1769103908","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-art-of-gratitude-jeremy-david-engels-9781438469331","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}