Cultural Amnesia: Necessary Memories from History and the Arts

Author(s): Clive James

Biography/Memoir

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.

General Information

  • : 9780393333541
  • : W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated
  • : W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated
  • : 0.924
  • : 01 August 2008
  • : 208mm X 141mm X 38mm
  • : United States
  • : books

Other Specifications

  • : Clive James
  • : English
  • : 912
  • : black & white illustrations