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The Opening of the American Mind - Ten Years of the Point (Paperback)
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The Opening of the American Mind - Ten Years of the Point (Paperback)
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Loot Price R498
Discovery Miles 4 980
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In a cultural landscape dominated by hot takes and petty polemics,
The Point stands for something different. Informed by the
conviction that humanistic thinking has relevance for everyday
life, the magazine has long maintained a rare space for thoughtful
dialogue between a wide range of political views, philosophical
perspectives, and personal experiences: its contributors include
liberals and conservatives, philosophers and activists, Marxists
and Catholics, New Yorkers and Midwesterners. A little more than a
decade since its founding on the campus of the University of
Chicago, it offers a unique and revelatory look at the changing
face of America, one that speaks not only to way American minds
have been forced to "open" by a decade of trauma and
transformation, but also to the challenge of remaining open to our
fellow citizens during our deeply divided present. Featuring
award-winning and highly acclaimed essays from The Point's first
ten years, The Opening of the American Mind traces the path of
American intellect from the magazine's inception in 2009, when
Barack Obama was ascending the steps of the White House, to the
brink of the 2020 election. The essays, chosen both for the way
they capture their time and transcend it, are assembled into five
sections that address cycles of cultural frustrations, social
movements, and the aftermath of the 2016 election, and provide
lively, forward-looking considerations of how we might expand our
imaginations into the future. Spanning the era of Obama and Trump,
Occupy Wall Street and Black Lives Matter, #MeToo and renewed
attention to reparations, this anthology offers critical
reflections on some of the decade's most influential events and
stands as a testament to the significance of open exchange. The
intellectual dialogue provided by The Point has never been more
urgently needed, and this collection will bring the magazine's
vital work to an even broader readership.
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