{"product_id":"9781350612945","title":"Love of Analog Meditations on Value","description":"\u003ch1\u003eLove of Analog\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eMeditations on Value\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eDarren Hudson Hick\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003ePhilosophy \/ Aesthetics\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eVinyl records. Board games. Paperback books. Film. A philosopher dives into the analog world to show what it offers us and what it says about our values.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePacked with first-person anecdotes, hand-drawn illustrations, and extensive scholarship, Darren Hudson Hick takes us through the pleasure of board games and jigsaw puzzles and inside the values of materiality, care, and agency. Hick moves from pinball machines and first editions to meditative cleaning and pottery to introduce us to key ideas in value theory, everyday aesthetics, virtue theory, and care ethics, alongside findings from psychology, anthropology, and sociology.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat accounts for the resurgence of analog media? Why are we buying all this stuff? Hick approaches these questions from a pragmatist perspective - a view that demands drawing on personal experience to better understand the values that pervade our daily lives. The result is a lively and informed exploration of material culture that tells us a surprising amount about ourselves and how we live.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhenever we set up a board game, dust a record, load a roll of film, or sit down with a coloring book, we get to think about what we value. \u003ci\u003eThe Love of Analog\u003c\/i\u003e is a study in what's important to us. It's a celebration of being human.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eDarren Hudson Hick \u003c\/b\u003eis Associate Professor of Philosophy at Furman University, USA. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eIntroducing Aesthetics and the Philosophy of Art, \u003c\/i\u003e3rd Edition\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e(Bloomsbury, 2023).\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e17 September 2026\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781350612945\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e176\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e6.08\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51331294199948,"sku":"9781350612945","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_e0d10e5f-addf-4889-a9e7-40423fcac7fd.jpg?v=1783595716","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781350612945","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}