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Great Idea at the Time: The Rise, Fall, & Curious Afterlife of the Great Books.
by Alex Beam
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- Paperback
- Condition
- Used - Like New
- ISBN 10
- 1586487760
- ISBN 13
- 9781586487768
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About This Item
Publicaffairs. Used - Like New. Very Good. Paperback. 2008. Originally published at $13.95.. May contain remainder mark. Otherwise, like new.
Synopsis
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Reviews
On Nov 4 2008, MaxWeismann said:
The subtitle should have read, Every Negative Fact and Innuendo I Could Dredge Up
Although he was not particularly unkind to me in the book, I found virtually every page to be a smart-alecky and snide diatribe of the worst order against the Great Books, Adler, Hutchins, et al. Plus the book is replete with errors of commission and omission.
As an effective antidote, I prescribe Robert Hutchins' pithy essay, The Great Conversation.
If the Great Books crusade is as bleak as Beam purports, then happily, not many will read his invective book.
Max Weismann,
President and co-founder with Mortimer Adler, Center for the Study of The Great Ideas
Chairman, The Great Books Academy
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Details
- Bookseller
- Powell's Bookstores Chicago (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- W70846
- Title
- Great Idea at the Time: The Rise, Fall, & Curious Afterlife of the Great Books.
- Author
- Alex Beam
- Book Condition
- New
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 1586487760
- ISBN 13
- 9781586487768
- Publisher
- Publicaffairs
- Place of Publication
- New York
- This edition first published
- 2009-10
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