{"product_id":"the-amateur-by-andy-merrifield-9781786631077","title":"The Amateur","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eModern life is being destroyed by experts and professionals. We have lost our amateur spirit and need to rediscover the radical and liberating pleasure of doing things we love.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eThe Amateur\u003c\/em\u003e, thinker Andy Merrifield shows us how the many spheres of our lives—work, knowledge, cities, politics—have fallen into the hands of box tickers, bean counters and rule followers. In response, he corrals a team of independent thinkers, wayward poets, dabblers and square pegs who challenge the accepted wisdom.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSuch figures as Charles Baudelaire, Dostoevsky, Edward Said, Guy Debord, Hannah Arendt and Jane Jacobs show us the way. As we will see, the amateur takes risks, thinks the unthinkable and seeks independence—and changes the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47471719940332,"sku":"9781786631077","price":22.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781786631077-the-amateur.jpg?v=1775250243","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/the-amateur-by-andy-merrifield-9781786631077","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}