<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Containing more than 100 original essays organized by quotations, James illuminates, rescues, or occasionally destroys the careers of many of the greatest thinkers, humanists, musicians, artists, and philosophers of the 20th century. 110 photographs.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>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, <em>Cultural Amnesia</em> is precisely the book to burnish these memories of a Western civilization that James fears is nearly lost.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>James's writings include the great tome <em>Cultural Amnesia</em>, 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"<br>
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