by C James (Author)
Finally in paperback after six hardcover printings, 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.
Format: Illustrated
Pages: 912
Edition: Illustrated
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 16 Sep 2008
ISBN 10: 039333354X
ISBN 13: 9780393333541
Prizes: Winner of New York Times Notable Book 2007.