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.
- ISBN10 1903985064
- ISBN13 9781903985069
- Publish Date 26 October 2001 (first published 17 October 2001)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 22 August 2008
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Basic Books
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 160
- Language English