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A Great Idea at the Time: The Rise, Fall, and Curious Afterlife of the Great Books
by Beam, Alex
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- 1586487760
- ISBN 13
- 9781586487768
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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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- Title
- A Great Idea at the Time: The Rise, Fall, and Curious Afterlife of the Great Books
- Author
- Beam, Alex
- Book Condition
- UsedVeryGood
- Quantity Available
- 1
- 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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