Cultural Amnesia
Necessary Memories from History and the Arts
16 September 2008
Territory Rights — Worldwide, excluding Canada, the British Commonwealth and the European Union.
Description
"I can't remember when I've learned as much from something I've read—or laughed as much while doing it." —Jacob Weisberg, Slate
This international bestseller is an encyclopedic A-Z masterpiece—the perfect introduction to the very core of Western humanism. Clive James rescues, or occasionally destroys, the careers of many of the greatest thinkers, humanists, musicians, artists, and philosophers of the twentieth century. Soaring to Montaigne-like heights, Cultural Amnesia is precisely the book to burnish these memories of a Western civilization that James fears is nearly lost.
Reviews
"James's writings include the great tome Cultural Amnesia, the reading of which is something like getting a master's degree in 20th-century intellectual history." — Elizabeth Gilbert, The New York Times Book Review
Awards
Winner — New York Times Notable Selection, 2007