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Our Culture, What's Left of It
The Mandarins and the Masses
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Ideal for readers interested in cultural critique, literature, philosophy, and social issues. Suitable for students, educators, and those curious about the state of modern civilisation through a thoughtful, essay-based approach.
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See morePresents a collection of essays that ranges over literature and ideas, from Shakespeare to Marx, from the breakdown of Islam to the legalization of drugs, and more. This book attempts to restore our faith in the central importance of literature and criticism to our civilization.
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This new collection of essays by the author of Life at the Bottom bears the unmistakable stamp of Theodore Dalrymple's bracingly clearsighted view of the human condition.
In these pieces, Dr. Dalrymple ranges over literature and ideas, from Shakespeare to Marx, from the breakdown of Islam to the legalization of drugs. Here is a book that restores our faith in the central importance of literature and criticism to our civilization.
Theodore Dalrymple is the best doctor-writer since William Carlos Williams. —Peggy Noonan.
Includes When Islam Breaks Down, named the best journal article of 2004 by David Brooks of the New York Times.
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ISBN: 9781566637213
Publisher: Ivan R Dee, Inc
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 01 March 2007
Country: United States
Imprint: Ivan R Dee, Inc
Audience: General / adult
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Spine width: 26.0mm
Width: 152.0mm
Height: 226.0mm
Weight: 497g
Pages: 356
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About the Author
Theodore Dalrymple is a British doctor and writer who has worked on four continents and now practices in a British inner-city hospital and a prison. He has written a column for the London Spectator for thirteen years and is a contributing editor for City Journal in the United States. His earlier collection of essays, Life at the Bottom, was widely praised.
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