Praise for Turning Away

  • This is a book that makes a difference.

    — W. J. T. Mitchell

  • Rich and groundbreaking.

    — Revd Dr Stephen Cherry, The Church Times

  • Endlessly rich, and as imaginative as it is scholarly.

    — Sianne Ngai

  • A profound investigation into what makes us human. . . . I have been distracted by this book for several months.

    — Bret Easton Ellis

  • Honest, empathetic, and even tender.

    — Lucas Gomez-Doyle, Newcity Lit

  • A beautiful book.

    — Gloria Mark, The Future of Attention

  • TURNING AWAY is a study not only of aversion but of transformation

    — Kevin Hart, Australian Book Review

  • Composed with an electric blend of writerly elegance and moral urgency, this erudite book compels its readers to keep our eyes fixed on its pages.

    — Marta Figlerowicz, Yale University

  • That’s the book’s strength. It doesn’t argue that looking away is good. It argues that it’s not empty.

    — Philip Martin, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

  • Part art history, part philosophy, all human.

    — Typebar Magazine

  • Lavish and virtuosic.

    — D. Vance Smith, Princeton University

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