The Case Against Travel

Author(s): Callard, Agnes,
Binding: Paperback,
Date of Publication: 24/09/2024,
Pagination: 20 pages,
Series: ERIS Gems,
Imprint: ERIS,
Published By: ERIS,
Book Classification: Language: reference & general,
Dimensions: 194 x 110 x 5
ISBN13/EAN/SKU: 9781916809819

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“Although people like to talk about their travels, few of us like to listen to them. Such talk resembles academic writing and reports of dreams: forms of communication driven more by the needs of the producer than the consumer.”In The Case Against Travel the philosopher Agnes Callard launches a vigorous assault on the idea that there is something transformative or ennobling about recreational travel. Going well beyond commonplace complaints about the irksomeness of tourists, Callard’s essay is a probing inquiry into what it really means to change one’s life, and into the ways in which we try to disguise the fact that life will come to an end.