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The Case Against Travel
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"Although people like to talk about their travels, few of us like to listen to them. Such talk resembles academic writing and reports of dreams: forms of communication driven more by the needs of the producer than the consumer." In The Case Against Travel the philosopher Agnes Callard launches a vigorous assault on the idea that there is something transformative or ennobling about recreational travel. Going well beyond commonplace complaints about the irksomeness of tourists, Callard's essay is…
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- Autorius: Agnes Callard
- Leidėjas: Eris
- ISBN-10: 1916809812
- ISBN-13: 9781916809819
- Formatas: 0.3 x 18.8 x 1 cm, minkšti viršeliai
- Kalba: Anglų
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"Although people like to talk about their travels, few of us like to listen to them. Such talk resembles academic writing and reports of dreams: forms of communication driven more by the needs of the producer than the consumer."
In The Case Against Travel the philosopher Agnes Callard launches a vigorous assault on the idea that there is something transformative or ennobling about recreational travel. Going well beyond commonplace complaints about the irksomeness of tourists, Callard's essay is a probing inquiry into what it really means to change one's life, and into the ways in which we try to disguise the fact that life will come to an end.
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12,41 €
-35%
Įprastai
19,09 €
Išsiųsime per 12–18 d.d.
- Autorius: Agnes Callard
- Leidėjas: Eris
- ISBN-10: 1916809812
- ISBN-13: 9781916809819
- Formatas: 0.3 x 18.8 x 1 cm, minkšti viršeliai
- Kalba: Anglų
"Although people like to talk about their travels, few of us like to listen to them. Such talk resembles academic writing and reports of dreams: forms of communication driven more by the needs of the producer than the consumer."
In The Case Against Travel the philosopher Agnes Callard launches a vigorous assault on the idea that there is something transformative or ennobling about recreational travel. Going well beyond commonplace complaints about the irksomeness of tourists, Callard's essay is a probing inquiry into what it really means to change one's life, and into the ways in which we try to disguise the fact that life will come to an end.
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