THE WORLD ACCORDING TO STAR WARS

By Cass R. Sunstein

On-Sale 5/31/16

 

"Star Wars is the ultimate mythological tale of our age, a hero's journey that is a tribute to the beauty of human freedom as well as an exploration of its dark complexities. In this gem of a book, the brilliant Cass Sunstein uses the series to explore profound questions about being a parent, a child, and a human. It will change the way you think about your own journey, and it might even make you pick up the phone and call your dad.”

– Walter Isaacson

 

We’re excited to share with you the cover of THE WORLD ACCORDING TO STAR WARS by renowned Harvard Professor and former White House “regulatory czar" Cass R. Sunstein. While it seems like STAR WARS has been dominating the news for months, this is a fresh and funny celebration of George Lucas’s masterpiece, exploring the lessons we can learn from Star Wars from history and politics to behavioral economics, fatherhood, and culture. 

The STAR WARS series, Sunstein argues, is all about serendipity and freedom: we explore the clouded nature of the future, the dismal failures of plans, and the inevitability, in our lives and our society, of “I am your father” moments, which cast a new light on everything that has gone before. Sunstein illustrates this theme by reference to large and unanticipated movements in our culture, our law, our business, and our politics (including presidential elections) -- and to the genesis of STAR WARS itself. “Impossible to see, the future is,” says Yoda; this is the secret theme of STAR WARS and the foundation of its rousing tribute to human freedom.

ABOUT THE BOOK:

THE WORLD ACCORDING TO STAR WARS by Cass R. Sunstein

Dey Street Books, HarperCollins Publishers | On Sale: May 31, 2016

Hardcover ISBN: 9780062484222; $21.99 | E-book ISBN: 9780062484246; HarperCollins; $12.99