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What is it for someone to be an asshole? Although most of us are forced to deal with such people every day, few of us could easily say exactly what an asshole is. And as prevalent as they are, no one has offered a sustained analytical treatment of the subject. Assholes are arguably part of the human social condition, so the topic is perhaps the special provenance of philosophers. In fact, Rousseau, Kant, Hegel and Sartre have all grappled with asshole-related questions of moral status. In the spirit of the bestselling On Bullshit, philosopher Aaron James tackles the subject of assholes in a philosophical - yet also humorous, entertaining and accessible - inquiry into what makes a person an asshole. The book also explores different asshole types, the roles gender, nurture, and nature play, and how best to deal with assholes in daily life. A pop-philosophy book with great potential to crossover into the gift book and humor genres, this will be an engaging mix of erudite discussion about an indelicate subject matter that naturally brings a comic flavor to the text.Product Identifiers
PublisherJohn Murray Press
ISBN-139781857885934
eBay Product ID (ePID)128909708
Product Key Features
Book TitleAssholes: a Theory
AuthorAaron James
FormatHardcover
LanguageEnglish
TopicPopular Philosophy
Publication Year2012
GenreHumor
Number of Pages288 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height206mm
Item Width135mm
Additional Product Features
Title_AuthorAaron James
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom