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What is The Amateur about?

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A radical manifesto about doing what you loveAndy Merrifield offers a passionate tribute to the revolutionary spirit of the amateur—a figure who thinks outside the box, takes risks, dreams the impossible dream, seeks independence, and carves out a new world. Merrifield celebrates such square pegs as Charles Baudelaire, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Edward Said, Guy Debord, Hannah Arendt, and Jane Jacobs, each of whom shows us a path of unconventional wisdom and freedom. The Amateur advocates urgently for the liberated life, one that creates the space to question authority.

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What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in The Amateur?

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Philosophy and Religion > Philosophy > Philosophical traditions and schools of thought > Humanist philosophy

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Where can I read a sample of The Amateur?

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You can read an official preview of the few pages here https://www.book2look.com/book/9781786631060

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Who is/are the Author/s of the book The Amateur?

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Andy Merrifield

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Who is the Publisher of the book The Amateur?

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Verso Books

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The Amateur is available as hardcover(ISBN 9781786631060) and paperback(ISBN 9781786631077) and ebook(ISBN 9781786631091)

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