{"product_id":"9781612191829","title":"Exodus","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA wickedly funny and satisfyingly highbrow black comedy about the collapse of Western academic institutions under the weight of neoliberal economics and crushing, widespread idiocy.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLars and W., the two preposterous philosophical anti-heroes of \u003ci\u003eSpurious\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDogma\u003c\/i\u003e—called “Uproarious” by the New York Times Book Review—return and face a political, intellectual, and economic landscape in a state of total ruination.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith philosophy professors being moved to badminton departments and gin in short supply—although not short enough—the two hapless intellectuals embark on a relentless mission. Well, several relentless missions. For one, they must help gear a guerilla philosophy movement—conducted outside the academy, perhaps under bridges—that will save the study of philosophy after the long, miserable decades of intellectual desert known as the early 21st-century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor another, they must save themselves, perhaps by learning to play badminton after all. Gin isn’t free, you know.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Melville House Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47047925301488,"sku":"9781612191829","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781612191829_p0.jpg?v=1763841843","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781612191829","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}