Letters to a Young Contrarian
- Author Christopher Hitchens
- Narrator James Adams
- Publisher Hachette Audio
- Publish Date 23 June 2020
- Run Time 3 hours and 40 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Agnosticism and atheism, Central / national / federal government, Diaries, letters and journals, Ethics and moral philosophy, Humanist philosophy, Philosophical traditions and schools of thought, Political ideologies and movements, Political science and theory, Political structures: democracy, Religion and politics, Social and political philosophy.
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What to expect
From bestselling author and provocateur Christopher Hitchens, the classic guide to the art of principled dissent and disagreement.
“Hitchens is, first and last, a writer, an always exciting, often exacting, furious polemicist.” -The Boston Globe
In Letters to a Young Contrarian, Christopher Hitchens inspires the radicals, gadflies, mavericks, rebels, and angry young people of tomorrow. Exploring the entire range of “contrary positions”—from noble dissident to gratuitous nag—Hitchens introduces the next generation to the minds and the misfits who influenced him, invoking such mentors as Emile Zola, Rosa Parks, and George Orwell.
As is his trademark, Hitchens pointedly pitches himself in contrast to stagnant attitudes across the ideological spectrum. No other writer has matched Hitchens’s understanding of the importance of disagreement—to personal integrity, to informed discussion, to true progress, to democracy itself.
| Author | Christopher Hitchens |
|---|---|
| Narrator | James Adams |
| Duration | 3 hours and 40 minutes |
| Release Date | |
| ISBN | 9781549189036 |
| Format | Audiobook |
| Publisher | Hachette Audio |
| Genre | Agnosticism and atheism, Central / national / federal government, Diaries, letters and journals, Ethics and moral philosophy, Humanist philosophy, Philosophical traditions and schools of thought, Political ideologies and movements, Political science and theory, Political structures: democracy, Religion and politics, Social and political philosophy |
| Availability | US |
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