tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2383732783190307682.post4174012222801002896..comments2023-07-20T03:54:13.889-04:00Comments on A contrarian world: Books to Understand America: A Bibliographic OdysseyAthenaeumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06662860639414150880noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2383732783190307682.post-54994611013085003212017-05-20T17:19:39.981-04:002017-05-20T17:19:39.981-04:00"Intellectual incuriousness is not a malaise ..."Intellectual incuriousness is not a malaise unless the person unmindful of it starts spouting inane opinions with little understanding." I wonder if the cause of lack of curiosity is the predisposition to form opinions without learning or thinking. From whom and where did we inherit it? <br /><br />For those of us who cannot go through the long list of big books can try to read our kids' textbooks on history. <br /><br />Please provide a list of movies and documentaries that would help too. Victor Sureshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00328883582532020740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2383732783190307682.post-46872930856281678642017-05-15T21:03:54.822-04:002017-05-15T21:03:54.822-04:00Thank you so much for the list.
- Sripriya Sriniva...Thank you so much for the list.<br />- Sripriya SrinivasanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2383732783190307682.post-50064189858193029852017-05-15T14:57:22.808-04:002017-05-15T14:57:22.808-04:00AK,
Your wonderful list could do with the additio...AK,<br /><br />Your wonderful list could do with the addition of Ross Douthat's 'Harvard and the education of the Ruling Class (he and J. D. Vance thought to being two sides of the same coin)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2383732783190307682.post-74116186964628442572017-05-15T14:48:22.312-04:002017-05-15T14:48:22.312-04:00Piketty!
Piketty!<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2383732783190307682.post-56585282971288883432017-05-15T03:49:42.815-04:002017-05-15T03:49:42.815-04:00Thanks for the list. I have just read a couple of ...Thanks for the list. I have just read a couple of books in your long list and intend to read many more, but was planning to read "ROOTS: The Saga of an American Family". Wouldn't that book fit into the above list?Pazhavallinoreply@blogger.com