Arguably : Essays

English

ISBN: 1619692082

EAN: 9781619692084

Category: Political Science / General

Publisher: Hachette Audio

Release Date: 09/04/2012

Synopsis: The first new collection of essays by Christopher Hitchens since 2004,ARGUABLYoffers an indispensable key to understanding the passionate and skeptical spirit of one of our most dazzling writers, widely admired for the clarity of his style, a result of his disciplined and candid thinking. Topics range from ruminations on why Charles Dickens was among the best of writers and the worst of men to the haunting science fiction of J.G. Ballard; from the enduring legacies of Thomas Jefferson and George Orwell to the persistent agonies of anti-Semitism and jihad. Hitchens even looks at the recent financial crisis and argues for arthe enduring relevance of Karl Marx. The audio book forms a bridge between the two parallel enterprises of culture and politics. It reveals how politics justifies itself by culture, and how the latter prompts the former. In this fashion,ARGUABLYburnishes Christopher Hitchens credentials as-to quote Christopher Buckley-our greatest living essayist in the English language.

Arguably : Essays

Illustrated: No

Format: Compact Disc

Height: 2.25 inches

Width: 5.25 inches

Length: 5.75 inches

Weight: 19.22 oz