{"product_id":"astray-a-history-of-wandering-hardcover","title":"Astray: A History of Wandering - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEluned Summers-Bremner\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA meandering celebration of the indirect and unforeseen path, revealing that to err is not just human--it is everything. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This book explores how, far from being an act limited to deviation from known pathways or desirable plans of action, wandering is an abundant source of meaning--a force as intimately involved in the history of our universe as it will be in the future of our planet. In ancient Australian Aboriginal cosmology, in works about the origins of democracy and surviving disasters in ancient Greece, in Eurasian steppe nomadic culture, in the lifeways of the Roma, in the movements of today's refugees, and in our attempts to preserve spaces of untracked online freedom, wandering is how creativity and skills of adaptation are preserved in the interests of ongoing life. \u003ci\u003eAstray\u003c\/i\u003e is an enthralling look at belonging and at notions of alienation and hope.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEluned Summers-Bremner\u003c\/b\u003e is a senior lecturer in the English Department at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eInsomnia: A Cultural History\u003c\/i\u003e, also published by Reaktion Books.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 07, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51772354101536,"sku":"9781789147049","price":22.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/5189c4e09b086ba8cd59a94000e0d45c.webp?v=1780403846","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/astray-a-history-of-wandering-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}