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America the Philosophical - Carlin Romano
Pulitzer Prize finalist and award-winning book critic Carlin Romano challenges the widely held belief that our nation is an anti–intellectual society.
He argues that we are still the country of new ideas, public debate and engagement, especially with a plethora of talk shows, social media, blogs, and the new emerging “cyberphilosophy.”
He introduces us to the big thinkers who have shaped American life, from historical figures like William James and Ralph Waldo Emerson, to modern cultural critics such as Kenneth Burke and Edward Said, to intellectual mavericks including Cornel West, Susan Sontag, Anne Waters, Richard Mohr, who have broadened the boundaries of American thought.
Carlin Romano, Critic-at-Large of The Chronicle of Higher Education and literary critic of The Philadelphia Inquirer for twenty-five years, is Professor of Philosophy and Humanities at Ursinus College. His criticism has appeared in The Nation, The New Yorker, The Village Voice, Harper’s, The American Scholar, Salon, The Times Literary Supplement, and many other publications. A former president of the National Book Critics Circle, he was a finalist for the 2006 Pulitzer Prize in Criticism, cited for “bringing new vitality to the classic essay across a formidable array of topics.” He lives in Philadelphia.
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