Christopher Hitchens bol polemik a intelektuál, ktorého písanie sa vyznačovalo prenikavou analýzou a nekompromisným štýlom. Spočiatku sa hlásil k radikálnej ľavici, ale v priebehu života sa jeho názory vyvíjali, čo viedlo k prekvapivým posunom v politických postojoch. Bol známy svojim obdivom k osvietenským hodnotám, ako je sekularizmus, humanizmus a rozum, a zároveň ostro kritizoval náboženské dogmy a politické postavy, ktoré považoval za škodlivé. Jeho literárne dielo je dodnes cenené pre svoju intelektuálnu hĺbku a odvahu spochybňovať zavedené pravdy.
Matka Tereza zasvätila svoj život pomoci chudobným a slabým. Nezaujímala sa o svetské záležitosti a financie, vo svojich skutkoch i slovách bola vždy dôsledne apolitická. Existuje však i iný, menej známy príbeh Matky Terezy. Christopher Hitchens vo svojej britkej polemike ukazuje, že nie je všetko také ako sa na prvý pohľad zdá. (z anotácie ku knihe)
Intelektuál a prvotriedny provokatér vo svojej kritickej príručke inšpiruje budúce generácie rebelov a rebeliek. Skúma formy odporu od vznešeného disentu po bezdôvodné odvrávanie a predstavuje myšlienky tých, ktorí nezapadli do spoločnosti a stali sa jeho vlastnými vzormi. S otvorenou hlavou nám predstavuje návod, ako sa čo najlepšie vyhýbať politickým a kultúrnym pasciam, ktoré vedú do záhuby. Christopher Hitchens (1949–2011) bol populárny autor, stĺpčekár a jeden z predstaviteľov nového ateizmu. Medzi jeho najznámejšie diela patrí kritická esej o Matke Tereze Misionárska poloha a štúdia o zhubnej sile náboženstva Boh nie je veľký. Pravidelne písal pre niekoľko novín a časopisov vrátane The Atlantic, Vanity a Harper's.
Thomas Paine's "Rights of Man" has been celebrated, criticized, maligned, suppressed, and co-opted, but Hitchens marvels at its forethought and revels in its contentiousness. In this book, he demonstrates how Paine's book forms the philosophical cornerstone of the U.S.
How religion poisons everything
Hitchens takes on his biggest subject yet--the increasingly dangerous role of religion in the world. With insight and wit, he describes the ways in which religion is man-made, immoral, and repressive and argues for a new enlightenment through science and reason. (World Religions)
This collection of essays spans Christopher Hitchens' career, showcasing his insights on politics, literature, and religion. Divided into sections like 'All American' and 'Foreign Quarrels', it reflects his defiance, wit, and mastery of short-form journalism, establishing him as a significant voice in contemporary discourse.
'Vanity Fair Portraits' traces the cultural history of the 20th century and its leading personalities in the pages of a magazine that helped usher in the modern age and which has itself become a benchmark of modern achievement.
Christopher Hitchens is widely recognised as having been one of the liveliest and most influential of contemporary political analysts. 'Prepared for the Worst' is a collection of the best of his essays of the 1980s published on both sides of the Atlantic.
Many see the encounter between literature & politics as fraught. This text offers a different approach, showing that whilst the engagement between writers & those in power isn't always smooth, it generally embodies a dialectic worth investigation.
The global turmoil of the late 1980s and early 1990s severely tested every analyst and commentator. Few wrote with such insight as Christopher Hitchens about the large events - or with such discernment and wit about the small tell-tale signs of a disordered culture. First published in the early 90s, the writings in 'For the Sake of Argument' range from the political squalor of Washington to the twilight of Stalinism in Prague, from the Jewish quarter of Damascus in the aftermath of the Gulf War to the embattled barrios of Central America.
Essayist Christopher Hitchens ruminates on why Charles Dickens was among the best of writers and the worst of men, the haunting science fiction of J.G. Ballard, the enduring legacies of Thomas Jefferson and George Orwell, the persistent agonies of anti-Semitism and jihad, the enduring relevance of Karl Marx, and how politics justifies itself by culture--and how the latter prompts the former.
