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An edition of Letters to a young contrarian (2001)

Letters to a young contrarian

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"In the book that he quite possibly was born to write, provocateur and bestselling author Christopher Hitchens inspires future generations of radicals, gadflies, mavericks, rebels, angry young (wo)men and dissidents. Who better to speak to that person pitched at an angle of passionate disagreement against the lazy consensus than Hitchens, who has made a career of disagreeing in profound and entertaining ways?" "This book explores the entire range of "contrary positions," invoking mentors such as Emile Zola, Rosa Parks and Vaclav Havel. What they have in common is a commitment to living and thinking, right now, in a society not as it is but as it might be. Hitchens bemoans the loss of the skills of dialectical thinking evident in contemporary society and the sacrifice of true irony, satire and other forms of critical style. He understands the importance of disagreement - to personal integrity, to informed discussion, to true progress - to democracy itself."--BOOK JACKET.

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Publisher
Basic Books
Language
English
Pages
141

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Letters to a young contrarian
2001, Basic Books
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Letters to a Young Contrarian
October 16, 2001, Basic Books
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Published in

[New York]

Edition Notes

Series
Art of mentoring

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
303.3/2
Library of Congress
HM1246 .H57 2001, HM1246 .H57 2005

The Physical Object

Pagination
xii, 141 p. ;
Number of pages
141

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL24964340M
ISBN 10
0465030327
ISBN 13
9780465030323
LCCN
2001035273
OCLC/WorldCat
46822456, 60683604

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