{"product_id":"think-again-stanley-fish-9780691167718","title":"Think Again: Contrarian Reflections on Life, Culture, Politics, Religion, Law, and Education","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom 1995 to 2013, Stanley Fish's provocative \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e columns consistently generated passionate discussion and debate. In \u003ci\u003eThink Again\u003c\/i\u003e, he has assembled almost one hundred of his best columns into a thematically arranged collection with a substantial new introduction that explains his intention in writing these pieces and offers an analysis of why they provoked so much reaction. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSome readers reported being frustrated when they couldn't figure out where Fish, one of America's most influential thinkers, stood on the controversies he addressed in the essays--from atheism and affirmative action to plagiarism and postmodernism. But, as Fish says, that is the point. Opinions are cheap; you can get them anywhere. Instead of offering just another set of them, Fish analyzes and dissects the arguments put forth by different sides--in debates over free speech, identity politics, the gun lobby, and other hot-button topics--in order to explain how their arguments work or don't work. In short, these are essays that teach you not what to think but how to think more clearly. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBrief and accessible yet challenging, these essays provide all the hard-edged intellectual, cultural, and political analysis one expects from Fish. At the same time, the collection includes a number of revealing and even poignant autobiographical essays in which, as Fish says, \"readers will learn about my anxieties, my aspirations, my eccentricities, my foibles, my father, and my obsessions--Frank Sinatra, Ted Williams, basketball, and Jews.\" Reflecting the wide-ranging interests of one of today's leading critics, this is Fish's broadest and most engaging book to date.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Stanley Fish\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0691167710\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780691167718\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Princeton University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/20\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 448\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.40h x 6.10w x 1.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChronicle of Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/06\/2015 pg. 17","brand":"Stanley Fish","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44059481178367,"sku":"9780691167718","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0c33afb2-941d-45a7-963a-5240a4e2747d.jpg?v=1685058487","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/think-again-stanley-fish-9780691167718","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}