Cultural amnesia : necessary memories from history and the arts
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Published
New York : W.W. Norton & Co., [2007].
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xxxii, 876 pages : portraits ; 25 cm
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Published
New York : W.W. Norton & Co., [2007].
Format
Book - Regular Print
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Notes
General Note
Includes index.
Description
Echoing Edward Said's belief that "Western humanism is not enough, we need a universal humanism, " renowned critic Clive James presents here his life's work. Containing over one hundred original essays, organized by quotations from A to Z, this book illuminates, rescues, or occasionally destroys the careers of many of the greatest thinkers, humanists, musicians, artists, and philosophers of the twentieth century. In discussing, among others, Louis Armstrong, Walter Benjamin, Sigmund Freud, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Franz Kafka, Marcel Proust, and Ludwig Wittgenstein, James writes, "If the humanism that makes civilization civilized is to be preserved into the new century, it will need advocates. These advocates will need a memory, and part of that memory will need to be of an age in which they were not yet alive." This is the book to burnish these memories of a Western civilization that James fears is nearly lost.--From publisher description.
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Cottonwood Public Library - NF - Nonfiction Books | 909.09821 JAM | Find It Now |
Prescott Public Library - NF - Nonfiction Books | 909.09821 JAM | Find It Now |
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
James, C. (2007). Cultural amnesia: necessary memories from history and the arts (First edition.). W.W. Norton & Co..
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)James, Clive, 1939-2019. 2007. Cultural Amnesia: Necessary Memories From History and the Arts. W.W. Norton & Co.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)James, Clive, 1939-2019. Cultural Amnesia: Necessary Memories From History and the Arts W.W. Norton & Co, 2007.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)James, Clive. Cultural Amnesia: Necessary Memories From History and the Arts First edition., W.W. Norton & Co., 2007.
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