Francis Wheen

Broschiertes Buch

How Mumbo-Jumbo Conquered the World

A Short History of Modern Delusions

Beschreibung

An entertaining, impassioned polemic on the retreat of reason in the late 20th century. An intellectual call to arms, Francis Wheenâ s Sunday Times bestseller is one of 2004â s most talked about books.

Autor

Francis Wheen is an author and journalist. He is a regular contributor to Private Eye and is the author of several books, including a highly acclaimed biography of Karl Marx which has been translated into twenty languages and the bestselling How Mumbo Jumbo Conquered the World . He recently wrote the screenplay for The Lavender List, a biopic of Harold Wilson's last days in government.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Harper Perennial / HarperCollins UK
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 024751
• UK edition
• Seitenzahl: 370
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Oktober 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 198mm x 129mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 300g
• ISBN-13: 9780007140978
• ISBN-10: 0007140975
• Artikelnr.: 21813816

Rezensionen

'A brilliant, eccentric book.' Observer Book of the Year

'Wheen has a Swiftian relish for exposing the cant that attends the 'new rationality'...bullshit's enema number one.' Tim Adams, Observer

'Hugely enjoyable...delightful reading.'
Ferdinand Mount, Sunday Times

'Lightly and often hilariously told as it is, this book does make it clear that respect for truth and reason is retreating and mumbo-jumbo has a new confidence everywhere...This amusing, intelligent and elegantly argued book is as good a demonstration of the values it defends as could be imagined.'
Philip Hensher, Spectator

'This book is a manifesto for rescuing the greatest philosophical movement of the past millennium. You have a choice: either read it or, pre-emptively shred your brain in anticipation of the coming darkness.' Independent on Sunday