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From the #1 New York Times best-selling author of God Is Not Great, a provocative and entertaining guided tour of atheist and agnostic thought through the ages--with never-before-published pieces by Salman Rushdie, Ian McEwan, and Ayaan Hirsi Ali. Christopher Hitchens continues to make the case for a splendidly godless universe in this first-ever gathering of the influential voices--past and present--that have shaped his side of the current (and raging) God/no-god debate. With Hitchens as your erudite and witty guide, youll be led through a wealth of philosophy, literature, and scientific inquiry, including generous portions of the words of Lucretius, Benedict de Spinoza, Charles Darwin, Karl Marx, Mark Twain, George Eliot, Bertrand Russell, Emma Goldman, H. L. Mencken, Albert Einstein, Daniel Dennett, Sam Harris, Richard Dawkins, and many others well-known and lesser known. And theyre all set in context and commented upon as only Christopher Hitchens--political and literary journalist extraordinaire (Los Angeles Times)--can. Atheist? Believer? Uncertain? No matter: The Portable Atheist will speak to you and engage you every step of the way.
| ISBN | 0306816083 | | DEWEY edition | DC21 | | ISBN13 | 9780306816086
(What's this?) | | Pages | 528 | | Publisher | The Perseus Books Group | | Volumes | 1 | | Imprint | Da Capo Press Inc | | Weight (grammes) | 649 | | Format | Paperback | | Published in | Cambridge, MA | | Publication date | 16 Oct 2007 | | Height (mm) | 235 | | Writer of introduction | Christopher Hitchens | | Width (mm) | 155 | | Library of Congress | BL | | Spine width (mm) | 36 | | DEWEY | 211.8 | | Academic level | General |
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| 1 | | From De Rerum Natura (On the Nature of Things), Book I | | 1 | | 2 | | From Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam: A Paraphrase from Several Literal by Omar Khayyam | | 7 | | 3 | | Of Religion, from Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes | | 12 | | 4 | | Theological-Political Treatise by Benedict De Spinoza | | 21 | | 5 | | The Natural History of Religion by David Hume | | 26 | | 6 | | An Account of My Last Interview with David Hume, Esq by James Boswell | | 46 | | 7 | | A Refutation of Deism by Percy Bysshe Shelley | | 50 | | 8 | | Moral Influences in My Early Youth, From Autobiography by John Stuart Mill | | 57 | | 9 | | Contribution to the Critique of Hegel's Philosophy of Right by Karl Marx | | 64 | | 10 | | Evangelical Teaching by George Eliot | | 75 | | 11 | | Autobiography by Charles Darwin | | 93 | | 12 | | An Agnostic's Apology by Leslie Stephen | | 97 | | 13 | | Miracle by Anatole France | | 112 | | 14 | | Thoughts of God, From Fables of Man by Mark Twain | | 116 | | 15 | | Author's Note to The Shadow Line by Joseph Conrad | | 123 | | 16 | | God's Funeral by Thomas Hardy | | 126 | | 17 | | The Philosophy of Atheism by Emma Goldman | | 129 | | 18 | | A Letter on Religion by H. P. Lovecraft | | 134 | | 19 | | Why I Am An Unbeliever by Carl Van Doren | | 138 | | 20 | | Memorial Service by H. L. Mencken | | 143 | | 21 | | From The Future of an Illusion by Sigmund Freud | | 147 | | 22 | | Selected Writings on Religion by Albert Einstein | | 155 | | 23 | | From A Clergyman's Daughter by George Orwell | | 166 | | | More... | | |
"Hitchens has returned to the Belief Wars backed by a full army...the Godless Warrior marshals in an Atheist A-Team...to buttress his own arguments...Hitchens is the guide as well as the commentartor linking it all together."--"San Diego Tribune"  Be the first to write a customer review
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