What makes shit such a universal joke is that its an unmistakable reminder of our duality, of our soiled nature and of our will to glory. It is the ultimate lse-majest.

John Bergers essay begins by describing the experience of burying a years worth of his households excrement. What follows is an extended reflectionat once philosophically detached and profoundly engaged with the inescapable stuff of lifeon shit as an emblem of what it means to be human: on our simultaneous kinship with and profound difference from all other animals.

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Paperback | 12 pages | 4.33″ x 7.87″