Bøger af Roger Kimball

"At least since Oedipus met King Laius on the road from Delphi to Thebes, the image of a crossroads has signaled a dramatic and morally fraught turning point. It was with that cargo of significance in mind that The New Criterion decided to publish a special series of essays on "Western civilization at the crossroads" throughout this fortieth anniversary season. Featuring contributions by Conrad Black, Victor Davis Hanson, Roger Kimball, Andrew Roberts, and other luminaries, this book collects the ten special essays from The New Criterion's fortieth-anniversary season to assess where Western civilization is now, and where it's going"--

Exposes the charlatanry that fuels much academic art history today and leaks into the art world generally.

Illuminates some of the chief spiritual itineraries of modern art.

Chronicles how counterculture succeeded and how its ideas helped provoke culture wars.