{"product_id":"against-the-machine-on-the-unmaking-of-humanity-paperback","title":"Against the Machine: On the Unmaking of Humanity (Paperback)","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e*\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller*\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eHow a force that’s hard to name, but which we all feel, is reshaping what it\nmeans to be human\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eAgainst the Machine\u003c\/i\u003e, “furiously gifted” (\u003ci\u003eThe\nWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e) novelist, poet, and essayist Paul Kingsnorth presents a\nwholly original―and terrifying―account of the technological-cultural matrix\nenveloping all of us. With insight into the spiritual and economic roots of\ntechno-capitalism, Kingsnorth reveals how the Machine, in the name of progress,\nhas choked Western civilization, is destroying the Earth itself, and is\nreshaping us in its image. From the First Industrial Revolution to the rise of\nartificial intelligence, he shows how the hollowing out of humanity has been a\nlong game―and how your very soul is at stake.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eIt takes effort to remain truly human in the age of the\nMachine. Here Kingsnorth reminds us what humanity requires: a healthy suspicion\nof entrenched power; connection to land, nature and heritage; and a deep\nattention to matters of the spirit. Prophetic and poetic, \u003ci\u003eAgainst the\nMachine \u003c\/i\u003eis a spiritual manual for dissidents in the technological age.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003ePaul Kingsnorth\u003c\/b\u003e is an English writer living in\nthe west of Ireland. He is the author of ten books of fiction, non-fiction and\npoetry, including the novel \u003ci\u003eThe Wake\u003c\/i\u003e, which was longlisted for the\nMan Booker Prize.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"TIMES DISTRIBUTION PTE LTD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46104547885263,"sku":"9781837310975","price":29.98,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0574\/5662\/3823\/files\/download_15dddab0-8518-4552-8e3b-f6ac396f172e.jpg?v=1788925494","url":"https:\/\/popular.com.sg\/products\/against-the-machine-on-the-unmaking-of-humanity-paperback","provider":"Popular Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}