{"product_id":"seven-ways-of-looking-at-pointless-suffering-9780226407081","title":"Seven Ways of Looking at Pointless Suffering","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBy engaging with thinkers such as Mill, Nietzsche, Arendt, and others, reading Job with inmates at local prisons, and showing how musical genres like jazz and blues harness the beauty and agony of suffering, Samuelson invites us to see how philosophy can help us understand suffering.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"In this eminently readable but subtle book, Scott Samuelson opens up new ways of thinking about suffering. Weaving together philosophical reflections with compelling stories of his time teaching in prison, Samuelson shows us the various roles undeserved suffering play our lives, and indeed in life itself. This book is a necessary read for those of us who want to reflect on the place of pain in human existence.\"--Todd May, author of A Significant Life","brand":"The University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400013881687,"sku":"9780226407081","price":22.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780226407081.jpg?v=1730469443","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/seven-ways-of-looking-at-pointless-suffering-9780226407081","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}