{"product_id":"the-case-against-travel-agnes-callard-9781916809819","title":"The Case Against Travel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Although people like to talk about their travels, few of us like to listen to them. Such talk resembles academic writing and reports of dreams: forms of communication driven more by the needs of the producer than the consumer.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Case Against Travel\u003c\/i\u003e the philosopher Agnes Callard launches a vigorous assault on the idea that there is something transformative or ennobling about recreational travel. Going well beyond commonplace complaints about the irksomeness of tourists, Callard's essay is a probing inquiry into what it really means to change one's life, and into the ways in which we try to disguise the fact that life will come to an end.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Agnes Callard\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1916809812\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781916809819\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Eris\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/24\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 20\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Agnes Callard","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46052509122815,"sku":"9781916809819","price":6.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_da920ef5-518a-40e6-b123-eadce8ab242e.jpg?v=1723556588","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-case-against-travel-agnes-callard-9781916809819","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}