This book is the first major study of the theme of misanthropy, its history, arguments both for and against it, and its significance for us today. Misanthropy i

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This book argues that it can be both reasonable and appropriate to adopt a certain kind of misanthropy. The author defends a cognitivist version of misanthropy,

The unreconstructed people-hater offers her piece de resistance: a guided tour of the misanthropic life, and an inspirational handbook for Americans grown tired

This engaging volume explores and defends the claim that misanthropy is a justified attitude towards humankind in the light of how human beings both compare wit