{"product_id":"sam-pulitzer-the-premise-of-a-better-life-hardcover","title":"Sam Pulitzer: The Premise of a Better Life - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSam Pulitzer\u003c\/b\u003e (Artist), \u003cb\u003eJudith Welter\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA critical index of the contemporary human condition in questions and photographs exploring daily life\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn artist's book by New York-based author and artist Sam Pulitzer (born 1984), \u003ci\u003eThe Premise of a Better Life\u003c\/i\u003e combines photographs with ethical and existential questions addressed to the viewer, in an allegory of the contemporary condition. These photographs of everyday things, ambiguous details, nondescript landscapes and cityscapes were mostly taken in New York, although the city appears as the pale reflection of a model city. Each picture is accompanied by a question: \"Can you afford yourself?\" \"Are you waiting for a moment that just won't come?\" \"If you knew then what you know now, would it make a difference?\" \"Do you trust happiness?\" The montages offer a complex, personal, at times satirical image of the present age.\u003cbr\u003eAn original essay by Pulitzer unfolds the project's philosophical and political issues, notably discussing a key reference for the project, Ernst Bloch's \u003ci\u003eThe Principle of Hope\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 128\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8.8 x 6.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 05, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42157078380679,"sku":"9782492650024","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/995acb779c26c65b16d50e295fa3691c.webp?v=1733248414","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/sam-pulitzer-the-premise-of-a-better-life-hardcover","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}