{"product_id":"unsuspecting-souls-barry-sanders-9781582435893","title":"Unsuspecting Souls: The Disappearance of the Human Being","description":"During the nineteeth century, something vital went missing: the human being. In \u003ci\u003eUnsuspecting Souls\u003c\/i\u003e, Barry Sanders examines modern society's indifference to the individual. From the Industrial Revolution, where the disappearance of care for human beings begins slowly, to our own age, where societal events require less person-to-person interaction, Sanders laments that what makes us most human is slowly dying. Our days are filled with little but a continuous bombardment of \"information,\" demands on our attention, that brings us out of our world and into one of inhumanity and abstraction. We are losing entirely any palpable attachment to our physical reality. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnd we've also lost the original sense of a collective consciousness. This loss has been fomenting for two centuries now, dating back to the rise of European powers and worldwide colonization. This has led to the notion that we need to define what is torture, an idea that not long ago would have seemed absurd, and need to pick our poisons among several forms of radical fundamentalisms, each one not only a threat to the other but a threat to humanity itself. From Edgar Allen Poe to Abu Ghraib, this is a fascinating and worrisome story, impeccably researched and compellingly written.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Barry Sanders\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1582435898\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781582435893\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Counterpoint LLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/13\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.64h x 5.62w x 0.99d","brand":"Barry Sanders","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48436868415743,"sku":"9781582435893","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_dc0fd622-3eb6-428d-8d02-1b81dfdbd476.jpg?v=1777158312","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/unsuspecting-souls-barry-sanders-9781582435893","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}