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Letters to a Young Contrarian

By: Christopher Hitchens
Narrated by: James Adams
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 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, 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. Atheism Consciousness & Thought Movements Philosophy Politics & Government Religious Studies United States World Witty
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as far as i can judge it, authentic, eloquent, intelligent, without any attempts for political correctness, with a good dose of humour - the book is worth your time.

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A pleasure to listen to and reflect on. Still a highly relevant and important work.

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loved the whole thing. lovely voice. listened to it during two car rides. hated it when someone called me and interrupted the reading.

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