America the Philosophical by Romano, Carlin

America the Philosophical (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780345804709)

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America the Philosophical by Romano, Carlin

America the Philosophical

$18.00
America the Philosophical by Romano, Carlin

America the Philosophical

$18.00
Format: Paperback
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This bold, insightful book argues that America today towers as the most philosophical culture in the history of the world, an unprecedented marketplace for truth and debate.

With verve and keen intelligence, Carlin Romano--Pulitzer Prize finalist, award-winning book critic, and professor of philosophy--takes on the widely held belief that the United States is an anti-intellectual country. Instead he provides a richly reported overview of American thought, arguing that ordinary Americans see through phony philosophical justifications faster than anyone else, and that the best of our thinkers ditch artificial academic debates for fresh intellectual enterprises. Along the way, Romano seeks to topple philosophy's most fiercely admired hero, Socrates, asserting that it is Isocrates, the nearly forgotten Greek philosopher who rejected certainty, whom Americans should honor as their intellectual ancestor. America the Philosophical is a rebellious tour de force that both celebrates our country's unparalleled intellectual energy and promises to bury some of our most hidebound cultural clich s.

Author: Carlin Romano
ISBN-10: 0345804708
ISBN-13: 9780345804709
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Language: English
Published: 04/23/2013
Pages: 688
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.41lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.20w x 1.50d

Review Citation(s):
New York Times Book Review 06/16/2013 pg. 30
By Carlin Romano
By Carlin Romano
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Carlin Romano, Critic-at-Large of The Chronicle of Higher Education and literary critic of The Philadelphia Inquirer for twenty-five years (1984-2009), is Professor of Philosophy and Humanities at Ursinus College. His criticism has appeared in The Nation, The New Yorker, The Village Voice, Harper's, The American Scholar, Salon, The Times Literary Supplement, and many other publications. A former president of the National Book Critics Circle, he was a finalist for the 2006 Pulitzer Prize in Criticism, cited for "bringing new vitality to the classic essay across a formidable array of topics." He lives in Philadelphia.

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