{"product_id":"the-history-of-western-philosophy-in-100-haiku-paperback","title":"The History of Western Philosophy in 100 Haiku - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHaris Vlavianos\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003ePeter Mackridge\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by), \u003cb\u003ePeter Mackridge\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA whirlwind tour of two and a half millennia--told in 100 razor-sharp haiku. In this audacious pocket history, celebrated Greek poet Haris Vlavianos compresses Western philosophy from Thales to Nussbaum into crystalline 5-7-5 bursts: funny, heretical, and unexpectedly illuminating. Plato gets a cave with \"all mod cons.\" Kant boots up a \"laptop mind.\" Wittgenstein tries to coax a fly from its bottle. It's Russell meets Bashō, Socrates with a punchline--and beneath the wit, real argument and insight.\u003cbr\u003eRendered into live, witty English by Peter Mackridge, \u003ci\u003eThe History of Western Philosophy in 100 Haiku\u003c\/i\u003e is a perfect gift for the philosophically curious, the poetry-obsessed, and anyone who likes their big ideas distilled to their brightest essence. Read it straight through, keep it by the bedside, or press it into a skeptic's hand: you'll laugh, you'll learn, and you'll never look at the canon the same way again.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHaris Vlavianos is a Greek poet, translator, and scholar. Educated at the University of Bristol and at Oxford, he is Professor of History, Political Theory, and History of Ideas at the American College of Greece, and editor of the literary journal \u003ci\u003ePoetics\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the author of more than a dozen collections of poetry and essays, and has translated T. S. Eliot, Ezra Pound, Wallace Stevens, Anne Carson, and William Blake into Greek. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePeter Mackridge is Emeritus Professor of Modern Greek at the University of Oxford and a visiting professor at King's College London. A leading authority on Greek language and literature, he is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Modern Greek Language\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLanguage and National Identity in Greece, 1766-1976\u003c\/i\u003e (both OUP). He has introduced and translated C. P. Cavafy for Oxford World's Classics and rendered into English major works by Vizyenos, Papadiamandis, Tachtsis, and others--bringing scholarly precision and lyrical ease to every translation.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 126\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.3 x 6.8 x 4.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 23, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48265302474973,"sku":"9781967751808","price":43.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/U9RDxlfJZJ9781967751808.webp?v=1785166096","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/the-history-of-western-philosophy-in-100-haiku-paperback","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}