Drawing on philosophy, science, literature, history, personal experience, and his own marvelously playful and inventive imagination, Grudin examines the concept of time from a variety of angles.
Now in a jacketed paperback, this wide-ranging and provocative book by the author of Time and the Art of Living is at once a liberating personal guide and a manifesto for social and societal change. Grudin brilliantly demonstrates that creativity represents the highest expression of human freedom.
Robert Grudin is a lyrical philosopher. From "Time and the Art of Living" to "The Grace of Great Things" and "On Dialogue," he has tackled the traditional subjects of classic philosophy with a beautiful prose style in work fueled by American pragmatism and metaphysical exploration. In "American Vulgar," Grudin examines postwar developments in ...
The English department at the University of Washagon is in an uproar. Professor Adam Snell--humanist gadfly and faculty pariah--has disappeared without a trace. Has Snell been murdered? And more important, will the department still be able to fire Snell at his upcoming tenure review? A brilliant satire of academic life and contemporary campus fads.
Why are some people creative and others locked into conventional thought? Why does our society often stifle the innovation it so desperately needs? Grudin answers these and other questions, and establishes himself as one of the most daring and independent thinkers of the day.
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