{"product_id":"9781838407308","title":"Self and Unself","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'Who am I?' Such an easy question; and yet I keep getting it wrong.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn original, wide-ranging and accessible philosophy of all and everything, presenting a synthesis of metaphysics, science, psychology, art, sex, gender, character, culture and history. Neither optimistic nor pessimistic, objective nor subjective, theist nor atheist, \u003cem\u003eSelf and Unself\u003c\/em\u003e expresses the unfathomable paradox at the root of all branches of human experience, providing a new, radical ground of understanding, and solving, en route, all the actually important questions of philosophy; who I am, who you are, why we are here and what on earth is going on.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEverything? Yes, nothing.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy are philosophers and scientists baffled by reality?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy must the mediocre man rely on method?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy do the realest times of our lives feel unreal?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy do women value men who 'don't take themselves seriously'?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy do we find masks so terrifying?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy doesn't the anxious mind get the joke?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy do people never suffer for the reasons they think they do?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy do people cling to absurd beliefs?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy did we build this god-awful world?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy am I still discontent?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy am I still here?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSelf and Unself\u003c\/em\u003e solves these, and many other mysterious whys, by laying bare the what that lies behind them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIt is so much better than you think. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIt is so much worse than you think.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Expressive Egg","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42869630271549,"sku":"9781838407308","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0603\/0838\/9949\/files\/9781838407308_p0.jpg?v=1771573144","url":"https:\/\/www.tatteredcover.com\/products\/9781838407308","provider":"Tattered Cover","version":"1.0","type":"link"}