{"product_id":"book-i8jo","title":"A History of Love and Hate in 21 Statues","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom antiquity to the present day, this book offers a fascinating insight into the histories, movements and conflicts which have come to shape our world, viewed through the stories of the destruction of 21 statues. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Confederate soldiers hacked to pieces. A British slave trader dumped in the river. An Aboriginal warrior twice beheaded. A Chinese philosopher consumed by fire. A Greek goddess left to rot in the desert…\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eStatues stand as markers of collective memory\u003c\/b\u003e connecting us to a shared sense of belonging.  When societies fracture into warring tribes, we convince ourselves that the past is irredeemably evil.   So, we tear down our statues. But what begins with the destruction of statues, ends with the killing of people.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e This remarkable book is a \u003cb\u003ecompelling history of love and hate\u003c\/b\u003e spanning every continent, religion and era,\u003cb\u003e told through the destruction of 21 statues. \u003c\/b\u003ePeter Hughes’ original approach, blending philosophy, psychology and history, explores how these symbols of our identity give us more than an understanding of our past. In the wars that rage around them,\u003cb\u003e they may also hold the key to our future.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The 21 statues are \u003cb\u003eHatshepsut\u003c\/b\u003e (Ancient Egypt), \u003cb\u003eNero\u003c\/b\u003e (Suffolk, UK), \u003cb\u003eAthena \u003c\/b\u003e(Syria), \u003cb\u003eBuddhas of Bamiyan\u003c\/b\u003e (Afghanistan), \u003cb\u003eHecate\u003c\/b\u003e (Constantinople), \u003cb\u003eOur Lady of Caversham \u003c\/b\u003e(near Reading, UK), \u003cb\u003eHuitzilopochtli\u003c\/b\u003e (Mexico), \u003cb\u003eConfucius \u003c\/b\u003e(China), \u003cb\u003eLouis XV\u003c\/b\u003e (France), \u003cb\u003eMendelssohn \u003c\/b\u003e(Germany), \u003cb\u003eThe Confederate Monument \u003c\/b\u003e(US), \u003cb\u003eSir John A. Macdonald \u003c\/b\u003e(Canada), \u003cb\u003eChristopher Columbus\u003c\/b\u003e (Venezuela), \u003cb\u003eEdward Colston\u003c\/b\u003e (Bristol, UK), \u003cb\u003eCecil Rhodes\u003c\/b\u003e (South Africa), \u003cb\u003eGeorge Washington\u003c\/b\u003e (US), \u003cb\u003eStalin\u003c\/b\u003e (Hungary), \u003cb\u003eYagan\u003c\/b\u003e (Australia), \u003cb\u003eSaddam Hussein\u003c\/b\u003e (Iraq), \u003cb\u003eB. R. Ambedkar \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e(India) and \u003cb\u003eFrederick Douglass\u003c\/b\u003e (US).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eA History of Love and Hate in 21 Statues\u003c\/i\u003e is a profound and necessary meditation on identity which \u003cb\u003eresonates powerfully today as statues tumble around the world.\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Hachette Book Group","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49348818338096,"sku":"BDi8jo","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/548048-i8jo-Square.jpg?v=1734235067","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-i8jo","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}