{"product_id":"witcraft-jonathan-re-9780300255386","title":"Witcraft: The Invention of Philosophy in English","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn ambitious new history of philosophy in English that broadens the canon to include many lesser-known figures\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"[This] lively chronicle of philosophy in English is a splendid accomplishment sufficient unto itself. Highly intelligent, always even-handed, quietly but consistently witty, \u003ci\u003eWitcraft \u003c\/i\u003eis an excellent guide along the twisted and tricky path of human thought.\"--\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Ludwig Wittgenstein once wrote that \"philosophy should be written like poetry.\" But philosophy has often been presented more prosaically as a long trudge through canonical authors and great works. But what, Jonathan R馥 asks, if we instead saw the history of philosophy as a haphazard series of unmapped forest paths, a mass of individual stories showing endurance, inventiveness, bewilderment, anxiety, impatience, and good humor? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Here, Jonathan R馥 brilliantly retells this history, covering such figures as Descartes, Locke, Kant, Hegel, Marx, Nietzsche, Mill, James, Frege, Wittgenstein, and Sartre. But he also includes authors not usually associated with philosophy, such as William Hazlitt, George Eliot, Darwin, and W. H. Auden. Above all, he uncovers dozens of unremembered figures--puritans, revolutionaries, pantheists, feminists, nihilists, socialists, and scientists--who were passionate and active readers of philosophy, and often authors themselves. Breaking away from high-altitude narratives, he shows how philosophy finds its way into ordinary lives, enriching and transforming them in unexpected ways.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jonathan R馥\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0300255381\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780300255386\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Yale University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/20\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 768\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.80w x 1.70d","brand":"Jonathan R馥","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44048877617407,"sku":"9780300255386","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_aa8d05e3-380f-4a53-af73-41d30e400aa4.jpg?v=1684998344","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/witcraft-jonathan-re-9780300255386","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}