Susan Sontag

The Complete Rolling Stone Interview

Biography & Memoir, Philosophers, Literary
Cover of the book Susan Sontag by Jonathan Cott, Yale University Press
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Jonathan Cott ISBN: 9780300190809
Publisher: Yale University Press Publication: October 22, 2013
Imprint: Yale University Press Language: English
Author: Jonathan Cott
ISBN: 9780300190809
Publisher: Yale University Press
Publication: October 22, 2013
Imprint: Yale University Press
Language: English
“One of my oldest crusades is against the distinction between thought and feeling, which is really the basis of all anti-intellectual views: the heart and the head, thinking and feeling, fantasy and judgment . . . and I don’t believe it’s true. . . . I have the impression that thinking is a form of feeling and that feeling is a form of thinking.”

Susan Sontag, one of the most internationally renowned and controversial intellectuals of the latter half of the twentieth century, still provokes. In 1978 Jonathan Cott, a founding contributing editor of Rolling Stone magazine, interviewed Sontag first in Paris and later in New York. Only a third of their twelve hours of discussion ever made it to print. Now, more than three decades later, Yale University Press is proud to publish the entire transcript of Sontag’s remarkable conversation, accompanied by Cott’s preface and recollections.
“One of my oldest crusades is against the distinction between thought and feeling, which is really the basis of all anti-intellectual views: the heart and the head, thinking and feeling, fantasy and judgment . . . and I don’t believe it’s true. . . . I have the impression that thinking is a form of feeling and that feeling is a form of thinking.”

Susan Sontag, one of the most internationally renowned and controversial intellectuals of the latter half of the twentieth century, still provokes. In 1978 Jonathan Cott, a founding contributing editor of Rolling Stone magazine, interviewed Sontag first in Paris and later in New York. Only a third of their twelve hours of discussion ever made it to print. Now, more than three decades later, Yale University Press is proud to publish the entire transcript of Sontag’s remarkable conversation, accompanied by Cott’s preface and recollections.

More books from Yale University Press

Cover of the book Hitler's Monsters by Jonathan Cott
Cover of the book Selected Writings of Thomas Paine by Jonathan Cott
Cover of the book Reflections on the Revolution in France by Jonathan Cott
Cover of the book Talent Wants to Be Free by Jonathan Cott
Cover of the book The Kirov Murder and Soviet History by Jonathan Cott
Cover of the book Elisabeth Vigee Le Brun by Jonathan Cott
Cover of the book Sex and Religion in the Bible by Jonathan Cott
Cover of the book Where Are We Heading? by Jonathan Cott
Cover of the book Sudan by Jonathan Cott
Cover of the book France 1940 by Jonathan Cott
Cover of the book The Colorado Doctrine by Jonathan Cott
Cover of the book Bad Moon Rising by Jonathan Cott
Cover of the book Barbra Streisand by Jonathan Cott
Cover of the book For Humanity: Reflections of a War Crimes Investigator by Jonathan Cott
Cover of the book The Ages of American Law by Jonathan Cott
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy