{"product_id":"the-life-of-things-the-love-of-things-9780823264421","title":"The Life of Things the Love of Things","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom prehistoric stone tools to machines to computers, things have traveled a long road along with human beings. Changing with the times, places, and methods of production, coming from diverse histories, enveloped in multiple layers of meaning, things embody ideas, emotions, and symbols of which we are often unaware.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Bodei's philosophical expertise is obvious, but he surpasses by far the level of most phenomenologies of \"things\" thanks to his refined sensibility with regard to the vital, ethical, economic, aesthetic, and religious aspects of various types of things.\" -- -Adriaan T. Peperzak Loyola University, Chicago \"Simple things. Bare objects still new or already worn out. Objects unscathed or consumed and so slated for insignificance and destruction. But is this really the fate of things today or is there instead another way of looking at them, one able to salvage things somehow from such an anonymous and listless end? This is the piercing and original question that Remo Bodei poses in The Life of Things, The Love of Things.\" -- -Roberto Esposito La repubblica\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Objects and Things    2. Opening Up to the World    3. Living Nature     Notes    Index","brand":"ME - Fordham University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50577679057239,"sku":"9780823264421","price":62.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780823264421.jpg?v=1746096132","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-life-of-things-the-love-of-things-9780823264421","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}