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Letters to a Young Contrarian
bookshelves: essays, nonfiction, published-2001, philosophy, spring-2014, tbr-busting-2014, epistolatory-diary-blog, fraudio, politics
Read from March 04 to 19, 2014
rosado mp3Description: Written by: Christopher Hitchens
Narrated by: James Adams
Length: 3 hrs and 39 mins
Format: Unabridged
Description: This book explores the entire range of "contrary positions" - from noble dissident to gratuitous pain in the butt. 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 bemoans the loss of the skills of dialectical thinking evident in contemporary society. He understands the importance of disagreement - to personal integrity, to informed discussion, to true progress - heck, to democracy itself.
Mr Hitchens answers some questions raised in letters and emails, and as Kappus was to Rilke, my thoughts about his responses shall remain mine alone.4* The Portable Atheist
TR God Is Not Great
TR Mortality
4* Arguably
3* Letters To A Young Contrarian
4* The Missionary Position
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