{"product_id":"humanly-possible-seven-hundred-years-of-humanist-freethinking-inquiry-and-hope-paperback","title":"Humanly Possible: Seven Hundred Years of Humanist Freethinking, Inquiry, and Hope - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSarah Bakewell\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller - One of Barack Obama's Favorite Books of 2023 \u003cb\u003e- A \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003eNotable Book \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A book of big and bold ideas, \u003ci\u003eHumanly Possible\u003c\/i\u003e is humane in approach and, more important, readable and worth reading. . . Bakewell is wide-ranging, witty and compassionate.\" -\u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Sweeping . . . linking philosophical reflections with vibrant anecdotes.\" -- \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eHow to Live\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAt the Existentialist Café \u003c\/i\u003eexplores seven hundred years of writers, thinkers, scientists, and artists, all seeking to understand what it means to be truly human \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHumanism is an expansive tradition of thought that places shared humanity, cultural vibrancy, and moral responsibility at the center of our lives. For centuries, this worldview has inspired people to make their choices by principles of freethinking, intellectual inquiry, fellow feeling, and optimism. In this sweeping new history, Sarah Bakewell, herself a lifelong humanist, illuminates the very personal, individual, and, well, human matter of humanism and takes readers on a grand intellectual adventure. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eVoyaging from the literary enthusiasts of the fourteenth century to the secular campaigners of our own time, from Voltaire to Zora Neale Hurston, Bakewell brings together extraordinary humanists across history. She explores their immense variety: some sought to promote scientific and rationalist ideas, others put more emphasis on moral living, and still others were concerned with the cultural and literary studies known as \"the humanities.\" \u003ci\u003eHumanly Possible \u003c\/i\u003easks not only what unites all these meanings of humanism but why it has such enduring power, despite opposition from fanatics, mystics, and tyrants. A singular examination of this vital tradition as well as a dazzling contribution to its literature, \u003ci\u003eHumanly Possible\u003c\/i\u003e serves as a recentering, a call to care for one another, and a reminder that we are all, together, only human.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSarah Bakewell\u003c\/b\u003e had a wandering childhood, growing up on the \"hippie trail\" through Asia and in Australia. She studied philosophy at the University of Essex and worked for many years as a curator of early printed books at the Wellcome Library, London, before becoming a fulltime writer. Her books include \u003ci\u003eHow to Live, or A Life of Montaigne in One Question and Twenty Attempts at an Answer\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the Duff Cooper Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award, and \u003ci\u003eAt the Existentialist Café Freedom, Being, and Apricot Cocktails\u003c\/i\u003e, one of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e' Ten Best Books of 2016. Bakewell was also among the winners of the 2018 Windham-Campbell Prize. She still has a tendency to wander but is mostly to be found either in London or in Italy with her wife and their family of dogs and chickens.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 464\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.36 x 5.45 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 26, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51763678609696,"sku":"9780735223394","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/abff3d416fbd1ee1beb9c41e7d16e5f3.webp?v=1780238930","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/humanly-possible-seven-hundred-years-of-humanist-freethinking-inquiry-and-hope-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}