{"product_id":"wretched-subjects-by-lauria-joan","title":"WRETCHED SUBJECTS by Lauria Joan","description":"\u003cp\u003eA5, 4 pages, Risograph printing, Unbound, Softcover, 2026\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWretched Subjects republishes Otto Neugebauer’s 1951 essay, “On the Study of Wretched Subjects” with new backmatter commentary by Lauria Joan.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn vol. 41 of the Isis History of Science journal, the journal’s editor George Sarton wrote a blithe, curt review of E.S.Drower’s new translation of Madean astrology. Neugebauer’s response is a dry, witty defense of so-called Wretched Subjects – subjects which represent knowledge of little historic value to our science-obsession age.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA classic apologia for those of us obsessed with the ancient, the forgotten, the wretched magiks \u0026amp; omens of history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublished by\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pseudo Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56809808888194,"sku":null,"price":5.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0603\/5338\/0582\/files\/IMG_9580160.jpg?v=1785847895","url":"https:\/\/goodpress.co.uk\/products\/wretched-subjects-by-lauria-joan","provider":"Good Press — good books \u0026 more","version":"1.0","type":"link"}