Letters to a Young Contrarian
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| Rating | : | 4.40 (584 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B003SGYNHY |
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| Number of Pages | : | 495 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-04-11 |
| Language | : | English |
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Epigrammatic, spunky, witty, in your face, timeless and timely, this book is everything you would expect from a mentoring contrarian.. He bemoans the loss of the skills of dialectical thinking evident in contemporary society. In an age of overly polite debate bending over backward to reach a happy consensus within an increasingly centrist political dialogue, Hitchens pointedly pitches himself in contrast. He understands the importance of disagreement-to personal integrity, to informed discussion, to true progress-heck, to democracy itself. Who better to speak to that person who finds him or herself in a contrarian position than Hitchen
Makes my spirit soar and my soul awaken that being different is more than okay, it's beautiful. Virginia Woolf So far, I love this book. I highly recommend it for anyone struggling with being truly authentic and stead fast in their beliefs. More than that, 'Letters to a Young Contrarian' keenly and sharply addresses the need to belong and the fear of abandonment when stepping forward against all reason of the masses. I will keep this book close at hand to remind me that one person, even one thought made visible can make a difference despite others indifference or naysayer's.His vocabulary is audacious. For those looking. Shaun Herndon said Excellent Reading !. Current events tell of many stories where the voices ( or votes) of the people are being hijacked by the political parties. It so happens that people who don't further inquire into the political soundbytes that are spewed, are in effect disenfranchised from the political process and unwittingly conform to misinformation.In this book of we find Christopher Hitchens engaged in a series of letters, written in earnest prose about the necessity of nonconformity for the survival of the modern liberal society.Each sma. Hitch, an irreplaceable treasure. There is nothing I can say about Hitch, or his writing, that hasn't been said. It's an excellent work. I bought this to keep as a collectible, but I have a copy for reading, too. That's how good this book is to me.Hitch truly was one of the most brilliant minds of our time, and I wish he could have been with us longer.
Nonetheless, his arguments are forceful and morally important--and if the reader feels otherwise, there are few more fitting compliments to a professional dissident than dissent. He relishes the role of provocateur and fancies himself a gadfly to the drowsy American republic. "Humanity is very much in debt to such people," he argues. "Do justice, and let the skies fall." Christopher Hitchens borrows from Roman antiquity this touchstone for a career of confrontation, argument, and troublemaking. Hitchens's style is incendiary and sometimes flamboyant. One of his main strengths is his erudition, allowing him to range over vast landscapes of the humanities and politics in a single breath. --Eric de Place.