{"product_id":"the-wisdom-of-insecurity-a-message-for-an-age-of-anxiety-9780307741202","title":"The Wisdom of Insecurity: A Message for an Age of Anxiety","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe perfect guide for a course correction in life, away from materialism and its empty promise (Deepak Chopra), Watts shows us how--in an age of unprecedented anxiety--we must embrace the present and live fully in the now in order to live a fulfilling life.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSpending all our time trying to anticipate and plan for the future and to lamenting the past, we forget to embrace the here and now. We are so concerned with tomorrow that we forget to enjoy today. Drawing from Eastern philosophy and religion, Alan Watts shows that it is only by acknowledging what we do not--and cannot--know that we can learn anything truly worth knowing. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Perhaps the foremost interpreter of Eastern disciplines for the contemporary West, Watts had the rare gift of 'writing beautifully the unwritable.'\" --\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alan Watts\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/08\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.70h x 5.10w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780307741202\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlan W. Watts, who held both a master's degree in theology and a doctorate of divinity, is best remembered as an interpreter of Zen Buddhism in particular, and of Indian and Chinese philosophy in general. Standing apart, however, from sectarian membership, he has earned the reputation of being one of the most original and \"unrutted\" philosophers of the twentieth century. Watts was the author of some twenty books on the philosophy and psychology of religion that have been published in many languages throughout the world, including the bestselling \u003ci\u003eThe Way of Zen.\u003c\/i\u003e An avid lecturer, Watts appeared regularly on the radio and hosted the popular television series, \u003ci\u003eEastern Wisdom and Modern Life, \u003c\/i\u003e in the 1960s. He died in 1973.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":39822126415987,"sku":"9780307741202","price":16.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_64a4d1fe-4d1e-41b8-ba2b-25d9936b6f03.jpg?v=1644520902","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/the-wisdom-of-insecurity-a-message-for-an-age-of-anxiety-9780307741202","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}