Cultural Amnesia (original 2007; edition 2008)

by Clive James

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Cultural Amnesia: Necessary Memories from History and the Arts

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To Aung San Suu Kyi, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Ingrid Betancourt, and to the memory of Sophie Scholl

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In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Vienna was the best evidence that the most accommodating and fruitful ground for the life of the mind can be something more broad than a university campus.

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909.09821History and Geography › History › World history › Other Geographic Classifications › Other Classifications › Ocean And Sea Basins › The West; the Atlantic region

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CB245.J338Auxiliary Sciences of History › History of Civilization › History of Civilization › Civilization and race

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