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A Great Idea at the Time: The Rise, Fall, and Curious Afterlife of the Great Books
A Great Idea at the Time The Rise Fall and Curious Afterlife of the Great Books
Author: Alex Beam
Today the classics of the western canon, written by the proverbial “dead white men,” are cannon fodder in the culture wars. But in the 1950s and 1960s, they were a pop culture phenomenon. The Great Books of Western Civilization, fifty-four volumes chosen by intellectuals at the University of Chicago, began as an educational movement,...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781586487768
ISBN-10: 1586487760
Publication Date: 10/13/2009
Pages: 256
Edition: Reprint
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Publisher: PublicAffairs
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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Good fun, easy read. Beam is not as impressed with the Great Books as I am, but he makes some good points. Enjoyed the historical background on the set + sequels etc., and also much biographical info on Hutchens and Adler, the primary dreamers and promoters behind it.
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