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Title	:	Letters to a Young Contrarian
Author	:	Christopher Hitchens
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 141 pages
Published	:	April 13th 2005 by Basic Books (first published 2001)
Categories	:	Nonfiction. Philosophy. Politics. Writing. Essays. Religion. Atheism. History

Letters to a Young Contrarian

Christopher Hitchens

Paperback | Pages: 141 pages

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From bestselling author and provocateur Christopher Hitchens, the classic guide to the art of principled dissent and disagreement In Letters to a Young Contrarian, bestselling author and world-class provocateur Christopher Hitchens inspires the radicals, gadflies, mavericks, rebels, and angry young (wo)men 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.

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Original Title:	Letters to a Young Contrarian
ISBN:	0465030335 (ISBN13: 9780465030330)
Edition Language:	English
Characters:	Bertrand Russell, Noam Chomsky, Henry Kissinger, George Orwell, Thabo Mbeki, Ayn Rand, Salman Rushdie, Christopher Hitchens, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, E.P. Thompson, Susan Sontag, Émile Zola, Diana, Princess of Wales, Adam Michnik, Nicholas Nickleby, Smike, Rainer Maria Rilke, Ronald Ridenhour

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Through the years reading Christopher Hitchens has been hit or miss for me. Mortality was amazing, but many other works basically unaccessible to me perhaps because they are all too cerebral and the subjects fail to interest me. I remember Hitchens on a Bill Maher show on HBO where he was a guest and argued with the audience for almost the entire program. I did not appreciate that behavior then, but do so now after reading this book. I cannot more highly recommend this book to any person who

Im not sure why but I am on a bit of a Hitchens kick. Until this year I think it would be fair to state that I probably knew Hitchens more from his appearances on television (and subsequently on Youtube, the true source of my knowledge). I find it odd because Ive not fallen in love with any of the books Ive read so far but still find him so compelling. Maybe its because hes so smart and unflinching, or because hes modern muckraker, or maybe its just because hes sometimes a dick. This slim volume

I liked the concept of this book more than its execution. Hitchens is unable to keep his own obnoxiousness from ruining what could have been a decent book.

Christopher Hitchens is one of my favorite people, period. Anything of his is a good read.

Every once in awhile one's brain gets a kick-start and sometimes the resulting vibration opens a stubbornly closed door. Revelations ensue.It happened many years ago when I was a college freshman, under the tutelage of philosophy 101 professor, Gary Boelkins, at Marquette University in Milwaukee, as I began to grasp the concepts of Plato. One minute I was baffled, the next minute a light bulb (or fire, so as not to be anachronistic) went on and the cave was illuminated.Hitchens prompts this same

"...there is something idiotic about those who believe that consensus (to give the hydra-headed beast just one of its names) is the highest good."For a great many people, this may not be the book they were expected. It certainly was not for me. The epistolary style is wonderful as it inspires and links to the reader's own desire for individual thought. Hitchens creates an environment in which all might free themselves from whatever chains that have held them back from coming to their own

Christopher Hitchens was my 5-star author hero. Everything he wrote I had to ration how much I read at a time so I could savour his writing, his pronouncements, his humour and his wisdom. This book was but a pale shadow of his others and I couldn't finish it. I may one day pick it up again.Although Hitchens is often the star of his own books, he is able to put himself to one side to concentrate on the subject. Unfortunately in this one he is not just the star, but the elevated hero, and great as