{"product_id":"heresies-and-heretics-9780718892920","title":"Heresies and Heretics","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn entertaining and provocative exploration of cultural and literary heresies of the 20th century, and the diverse and original individuals who championed them.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWatson 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).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is a work which will delight any reader seeking a uniquely personal perspective on the culture, history, and personalities of the twentieth century.","brand":"George Watson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49056431505659,"sku":"9780718892920","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/CoreSourceHub_db158c65-4b74-4aad-ab16-a96ab0394e72.jpg?v=1783499424","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/heresies-and-heretics-9780718892920","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}