{"product_id":"a-guide-for-the-perplexed-9780062414816","title":"A Guide for the Perplexed","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A condensation of a vast and refreshingly unorthodox system of ideas.\" -- Arthur Koestler, Observer\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom one of the most influential thinkers of the 20th century, and the author of the international bestseller \u003cem\u003eSmall Is Beautiful\u003c\/em\u003e, the reissue of a timeless treatise on the meaning of living.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eA Guide for the Perplexed\u003c\/em\u003e, bestselling author E. F. Schumacher explores our relation to the world: our obligations--to other people, to the earth, to progress and technology, but most importantly to ourselves. If man can fulfill these obligations, then and only then can he enjoy a truly authentic relationship with the world--and truly know the meaning of living.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSchumacher argues that we need maps: a \"map of knowledge\" and a \"map of living.\" The concern of the mapmaker is to find for everything its proper place. For things out of place tend to get lost; they become invisible and their proper places are filled by other things that should not be there at all and therefore serve to mislead.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Guide for the Perplexed\u003c\/em\u003e teaches us to be our own map makers in following our destined path in life's journey.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSchumacher, E. F.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eBorn in Germany, Dr. E. F. Schumacher (1911-1977) fled to England after the rise of Nazism and, with the help of John Maynard Keynes, taught economics at Oxford University. He is the author of \u003cem\u003eSmall Is Beautiful\u003c\/em\u003e, the book that \"changed the way many people think about bigness and its human cost\" (\u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50645351432466,"sku":"9780062414816","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_238174c6-0d1e-405e-9677-1a903e90e745.jpg?v=1733149998","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/a-guide-for-the-perplexed-9780062414816","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}