{"product_id":"to-arrive-where-we-started-belonging-in-the-modern-world-9780300263626","title":"To Arrive Where We Started: Belonging in the Modern World","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA sweeping meditation on the human search for home, drawing on the works of philosophers, poets, novelists, scientists, anthropologists, and theologians\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy do so many people in modern societies feel not at home in their worlds? How have they become so alienated from one another, the natural environment, and even themselves? In this ambitious book, Ian Marcus Corbin engages the fundamental questions surrounding friendship with oneself, one's family, friends, community, nation, and species.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCorbin begins with a deep humanistic and scientific dive into how humans inherit and refine their picture of the world in community, including what makes this process more or less successful. He goes on to examine some human cultures--Native American, African, and early American--that seem to have excelled at making their people feel at home. He contrasts these cultures with contemporary America in particular, a society characterized by a facsimile of belonging that substitutes a paranoid, self-protective culture of ownership for the self-opening practice of friendship. The book's coda is a call to abandon the illusion of ownership and to reopen ourselves to friendship with each other, nature, and even the deepest sources of existence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ian Marcus Corbin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Yale University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/16\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.59h x 5.52w x 0.95d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780300263626\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIan Marcus Corbin\u003c\/b\u003e is a philosopher on faculty at Harvard Medical School and founding director of Harvard's Public Culture Project. He lives in Cambridge, MA.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Ian Marcus Corbin \/ Hardcover \/ English","offer_id":48614363857053,"sku":"9780300263626","price":65.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_a1d4ae2c-21f5-44d5-8915-36484b7fd961.jpg?v=1783465337","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/to-arrive-where-we-started-belonging-in-the-modern-world-9780300263626","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}