Cultural Amnesia: Necessary Memories from History and the Arts
Fiction & Literature, Essays & Letters, Essays
| Author: | Clive James | ISBN: | 9780393285420 |
| Publisher: | W. W. Norton & Company | Publication: | September 17, 2008 |
| Imprint: | W. W. Norton & Company | Language: | English |
| Author: | Clive James |
| ISBN: | 9780393285420 |
| Publisher: | W. W. Norton & Company |
| Publication: | September 17, 2008 |
| Imprint: | W. W. Norton & Company |
| Language: | English |
"I can't remember when I've learned as much from something I've read—or laughed as much while doing it."—Jacob Weisberg, Slate
Finally in paperback after six hardcover printings, this international bestseller is an encyclopedic A-Z masterpiece—the perfect introduction to the very core of Western humanism. Clive James rescues, or occasionally destroys, the careers of many of the greatest thinkers, humanists, musicians, artists, and philosophers of the twentieth century. Soaring to Montaigne-like heights, Cultural Amnesia is precisely the book to burnish these memories of a Western civilization that James fears is nearly lost.
"I can't remember when I've learned as much from something I've read—or laughed as much while doing it."—Jacob Weisberg, Slate
Finally in paperback after six hardcover printings, this international bestseller is an encyclopedic A-Z masterpiece—the perfect introduction to the very core of Western humanism. Clive James rescues, or occasionally destroys, the careers of many of the greatest thinkers, humanists, musicians, artists, and philosophers of the twentieth century. Soaring to Montaigne-like heights, Cultural Amnesia is precisely the book to burnish these memories of a Western civilization that James fears is nearly lost.
