In this enjoyably iconoclastic book, George Watson discusses some
of the great heresies of the twentieth century, and the cultural
heretics who espoused them, often with surprising results. Watson
provides us with examples of 'true', original heretics, many of
whom he has met and taught: from Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch, who
asserted that his study of the remote past had made a radical of
him, rather than any influence of modernism, to Douglas Adams, whom
Watson knew as an undergraduate. Watson forces us to question
various long-cherished political and intellectual assumptions in
his witty and conversational style. Is snobbery really such a bad
thing? Have we ignored the links between socialism and genocide? He
touches entertainingly upon subjects as diverse as literary theory
(experimental fiction is often the last resort of those who have
nothing to say), and the unoriginal conformism of teenage Marxists
(incapable of actually reading Marx, as he is too boring). This is
a work which will delight any reader seeking a uniquely personal
perspective on the culture, history, and personalities of the
twentieth century.
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