A witty, wise, biting, and completely individual meditation on what it means to think, live, and be to the contrary.. "Art of Mentoring" seriesIn the book that he was born to write, provocateur and best-selling author Christopher Hitchens inspires future generations of radicals, gadflies, mavericks, rebels, angry young (wo)men, and dissidents. Who better to speak to that person who finds him or herself in a contrarian position than Hitchens, who has made a career of disagreeing in profound and entertaining ways.This book ...
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A witty, wise, biting, and completely individual meditation on what it means to think, live, and be to the contrary.. "Art of Mentoring" seriesIn the book that he was born to write, provocateur and best-selling author Christopher Hitchens inspires future generations of radicals, gadflies, mavericks, rebels, angry young (wo)men, and dissidents. Who better to speak to that person who finds him or herself in a contrarian position than Hitchens, who has made a career of disagreeing in profound and entertaining ways.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. Epigrammatic, spunky, witty, in your face, timeless and timely, this book is everything you would expect from a mentoring contrarian.
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Very good in very good dust jacket. Price clipped. Very minor shelf wear. Glued binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 141 p. Art of Mentoring (Hardcover). Audience: General/trade.
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Very Good. Size: 5x0x8; 2001 Basic Books hard cover-different cover same ISBN-some staining to dust jacket and closed page edge-otherwise cover fine binding strong contents clean-enjoy.
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Fine in Fine jacket. 8vo-over 7¾-9¾" Tall. Copyright 2001 by Christopher Hitchens. Full number-line beginning w/1. Grey and white marbled boards, grey textured spine wrap, silver spine titles, light shelf wear. Pages near fine. Marbled endpapers. Inscription at front endpaper: "To My Young Contrarian. Every person should own this because it matters! " Original pictorial dust wrapper, light shelf wear, crease; unclipped 22.00, protected in new clear sleeve. Scarce near fine first printing in same wrapper. In the book that he was born to write, provocateur and best-selling author Christopher Hitchens inspires future generations of gadflies, mavericks, and independent free thinkers. Who better to speak to the contrarian than Hitchens, who made a career of disagreeing in profound and entertaining ways. In an age of overly polite debate bending over backward to reach a bland consensus, Hitchens pointedly pitches himself in contrast. He bemoans the loss of critical thought evident in society. He understands the importance of disagreement-to personal integrity, to informed discussion, to true progress. Epigrammatic, witty, and timeless yet timely, presented here is a concise synopsis to independent thought in the midst of the pressured herd. 141 pages. Insured post.
'Letters to a Young Contrarian' is Christopher Hitchens' contribution to Art of Mentoring, a series published by Basic Books. This slim volume shows him at his quintessential best, inspiring future generations of radicals, gadflies, mavericks, rebels, and angry young men and offering them the wisdom of a seasoned campaigner. The book follows the format of Rainer Maria Rilke's 'Letters to a Young Poet,' and should be, even to the many readers who disagree with Hitchens, or find him overly polemical and brash, eminently readable. For Hitchens remains one of the greatest English language prose stylists, and few of his contemporaries can invest the written page with so much elegance, grace, and rhythm.
