{"product_id":"inventing-the-enemy-and-other-occasional-writings-9780544104686","title":"Inventing the Enemy: And Other Occasional Writings","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Umberto Eco\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Harpervia\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Harpervia\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: European - Italian\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the Back Cover\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUnderscores the writer s profound erudition, lively wit, and passion for ideas of all shapes and sizes . . . Eco s pleasure in such explorations is obvious and contagious. \u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eInventing the Enemy\u003c\/i\u003e covers a wide range of topics on which Eco has written and lectured over the past ten years: from a disquisition on the theme that runs through his recent novel \u003ci\u003eThe Prague Cemetery\u003c\/i\u003e every country needs an enemy, and if it doesn t have one, must invent it to a discussion of ideas that have inspired his earlier novels, taking us on an exploration of lost islands, mythical realms, and the medieval world; from indignant reviews of James Joyce s \u003ci\u003eUlysses \u003c\/i\u003eby fascist journalists of the 1920s and 1930s, to an examination of Saint Thomas Aquinas s notions about the soul of an unborn child, to censorship and violence and WikiLeaks. \u003cbr\u003eThese are essays full of passion, curiosity, and obsession by one of the world s most esteemed scholars and critically acclaimed, best-selling novelists. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e True wit and wisdom coexist with fierce scholarship inside Umberto Eco, a writer who actually knows a thing or two about being truly human. \u003ci\u003eBuffalo News\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\"Thought provoking . . . nuanced . . . the collection amply shows off Eco's sophisticated, agile mind.\" \u003ci\u003e Publishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e[AU PHOTO] UMBERTO ECO is the author of numerous works of fiction and nonfiction, including the best-selling novels \u003ci\u003eThe Prague Cemetery\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Name of the Ros\u003c\/i\u003ee, and \u003ci\u003eFoucault s Pendulum\u003c\/i\u003e and many collections of essays. A semiotician, philosopher, medievalist, and for many years a professor at the University of Bologna, Eco is now president of the Scuola Superiore di Studi Umanistici there. He lives in Milan. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harpervia","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45408999637143,"sku":"9780544104686","price":1230.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780544104686.webp?v=1767310903","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/inventing-the-enemy-and-other-occasional-writings-9780544104686","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}