{"product_id":"inventing-the-enemy-and-other-occasional-writings-9780544104686","title":"Inventing the Enemy: And Other Occasional Writings","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe final collection from the bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eThe Name of the Rose \u003c\/em\u003eand one of the most\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003einfluential, and entertaining, intellectuals of the last century--essays full of passion, curiosity, and obsession.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Underscores 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.\" --\u003cem\u003eBooklist\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe essays in\u003cem\u003e Inventing the Enemy\u003c\/em\u003e cover a wide range of topics on which Eco wrote and lectured, including a disquisition on the theme that runs through his novel \u003cem\u003eThe Prague Cemetery\u003c\/em\u003e--every country needs an enemy, and if it doesn't have one, must invent it; a discussion of ideas that inspired his earlier novels (and in the process he takes us on an exploration of lost islands, mythical realms, and the medieval world); an examination of Saint Thomas Aquinas's notions about the soul of an unborn child; and censorship, violence, and WikiLeaks.\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.\" --\u003cem\u003eBuffalo News\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Thought provoking . . . nuanced . . . the collection amply shows off Eco's sophisticated, agile mind.\" --\u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUMBERTO ECO is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Prague Cemetery\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Name of the Rose, \u003c\/i\u003e and numerous collections of essays. Formerly a professor of semiotics at the University of Bologna, he is now president of the Scuola Superiore de Studi Umanistici in Bologna.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Houghton Mifflin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50692779082002,"sku":"9780544104686","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_2be46ce7-1b6d-4229-a468-3980366d48a1.jpg?v=1734133331","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/inventing-the-enemy-and-other-occasional-writings-9780544104686","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}