{"product_id":"inventing-the-enemy-essays","title":"Inventing The Enemy: Essays","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","brand":"Umberto Eco","offers":[{"title":"Trade Paperback","offer_id":51670110830898,"sku":"9780544104686","price":12.76,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0988\/7934\/0850\/files\/9780544104686.jpg?v=1787958919","url":"https:\/\/53rdstreetbooks.com\/products\/inventing-the-enemy-essays","provider":"53rd Street Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}