{"product_id":"soul-of-the-marionette-paperback","title":"Soul of the Marionette - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn Gray\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn his brilliantly enjoyable and freewheeling new book, John Gray draws together the religious, philosophic, and fantastical traditions that question the very idea of human freedom. We flatter ourselves about the nature of free will and yet the most enormous forces--logical, physical, metaphysical--constrain our every action. Many writers and intellectuals have always understood this, but instead of embracing our condition we battle against it, with everyone from world conquerors to modern scientists dreaming of a \"human dominion\" almost comically at odds with our true state. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFilled with wonderful examples and drawing on the widest possible reading (from the Gnostics to Philip K. Dick), \u003ci\u003eThe Soul of the Marionette\u003c\/i\u003e is a stimulating and engaging meditation on everything from cybernetics to the fairground marionettes of the title.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Gray \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of many critically acclaimed books, including \u003ci\u003eThe Silence of Animals\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e The Immortalization Commission\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Black Mass\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eStraw Dogs\u003c\/i\u003e. A regular contributor to \u003ci\u003eThe New York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e, he has been a professor of politics at Oxford, visiting professor at Harvard and Yale, and professor of European thought at the London School of Economics. He now writes full-ti\u003c\/p\u003e\n        \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 17, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51762271158560,"sku":"9780374536237","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/cdfe0c573b1a38576615b6ccb5e3a314.webp?v=1780218651","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/soul-of-the-marionette-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}