Title:
But what if we're wrong? : thinking about the present as if it were the past / Chuck Klosterman.
ISBN:
9780399184123
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
New York : Blue Rider Press, [2016]
Physical Description:
272 pages ; 22 cm
General Note:
Includes index.
Contents:
A Brief Examination as to Why This Book Is Hopeless (and a Briefer Examination as to Why It Might Not Be) -- A Quaint and Curious Volume of (Destined-to-Be) Forgotten Lore -- But That's the Way I Like It, Baby. I Don't Want to Live Forever. -- "Merit" -- Burn thy Witches -- The World That Is Not There -- Don't Tell Me What Happens. I'm Recording It. -- Sudden Death (Over Time) -- The Case Against Freedom -- But What If We're Right? -- Only the Penitent Man Shall Pass.
Summary:
Charles Klosterman visualizes the contemporary world as it will appear to those who'll perceive it as the distant past. He asks questions that are profound in their simplicity: How certain are we about our understanding of gravity? How certain are we about our understanding of time? What will be the defining memory of rock music, five hundred years from today? How seriously should we view the content of our dreams? How seriously should we view the content of television? Are all sports destined for extinction?
OCLC Number:
ocn921864995
Availability:
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