{"product_id":"the-challenge-of-things-by-professor-a-c-grayling-9781408864623","title":"The Challenge of Things","description":"\u003cp\u003eA. C. Grayling's lucid and stimulating books, based on the idea that philosophy should engage with the world and make itself useful, are immensely popular.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Challenge of Things\u003c\/i\u003e joins earlier collections like \u003ci\u003eThe Reason of Things\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThinking of Answers,\u003c\/i\u003e but this time to collect Grayling's recent writings on the world in a time of war and conflict. In describing and exposing the dark side of things, he also explores ways out of the habits and prejudices of mind that would otherwise trap us forever in the deadly impasses of conflicts of all kinds.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhether he is writing about the First World War and its legacy, free speech, the advantages of an atheist prime minister or the role of science in the arts, his essays are always enlightening, enlivening and hopeful.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47363020587244,"sku":"9781408864623","price":28.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/16756923482689.jpg?v=1772912993","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/the-challenge-of-things-by-professor-a-c-grayling-9781408864623","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}