{"product_id":"against-everything-essays-paperback","title":"Against Everything: Essays - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMark Greif\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe essays in \u003ci\u003eAgainst Everything\u003c\/i\u003e are learned, original, highly entertaining, and, from start to finish, dead serious, reinventing and reinvigorating what intellectuals can be and say and do. Key topics are the tyranny of exercise, the folly of food snobbery, the sexualization of childhood (and everything else), the philosophical meaning of pop music, the rise and fall of the hipster, the uses of reality TV, the impact of protest movements, and the crisis of policing. Four of the selections address, directly and unironically, the meaning of life--how to find a philosophical stance to adopt toward one's self and the world. Mark Greif manages to revivify the thought and spirit of the greatest of American dissenters, Henry David Thoreau, for our time and historical situation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY: \u003cbr\u003eThe Guardian - The Atlantic - New York Magazine - San Francisco Chronicle - Paris Review - National Post (Canada) \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLonglisted for the 2017 PEN Diamonson-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMark Greif is co-founder of the literary and intellectual journal \u003ci\u003en+1\u003c\/i\u003e. He is also currently an associate professor at The New School in New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 7.9 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 08, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47331528507641,"sku":"9781101971741","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/eVlOdkRjNGJEM2U2dmRHclN0ZHZjdz09.webp?v=1769616211","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/against-everything-essays-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}