But What If We're Wrong?
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But What If We're Wrong? by Chuck Klosterman
"Klosterman is outlining the ideology of a contrarian here and reminding us of the important role that revisionism plays in cultural writing. What matters is the way he thinks about thinking--and the way he makes you think about how you think. And, in the end, this is all that criticism can really hope to do." --Sonny Bunch, The Washington Post"[Klosterman's] most wide-ranging accomplishment to date . . . crackling with the writer's signature wit." --Will Ashton, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
The tremendously well-received New York Times bestseller by cultural critic Chuck Klosterman, exploring the possibility that our currently held beliefs and assumptions about the world will eventually be proven wrong--now in paperback.
But What If We're Wrong? is a book of original, reported, interconnected pieces, which speculate on the likelihood that many universally accepted, deeply ingrained cultural and scientific beliefs will someday seem absurd. Covering a spectrum of objective and subjective topics, the book attempts to visualize present-day society the way it will be viewed in a distant future. Klosterman cites original interviews with a wide variety of thinkers and experts--including George Saunders, David Byrne, Jonathan Lethem, Alex Ross, Kathryn Schulz, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Brian Greene, Junot Díaz, Amanda Petrusich, Ryan Adams, Dan Carlin, Nick Bostrom, and Richard Linklater. Klosterman asks straightforward questions that are profound in their simplicity, and the answers he explores and integrates with his own analysis generate the most thought-provoking and propulsive book of his career.
Chuck Klosterman is the author of six nonfiction books (including Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs and I Wear the Black Hat) and two novels (Downtown Owl and The Visible Man), all of which have been bestselling. He's contributed to publications such as The New York Times, The Washington Post, GQ, Esquire, Spin, The Guardian, The Believer, Billboard, and The A.V. Club. Club, as well as ESPN. Klosterman worked for three years as The Ethicist for The New York Times Magazine, participated in the LCD Soundsystem documentary Shut Up and Play the Hits as himself, and co-founded Grantland with Bill Simmons. He is a native of North Dakota, and he and his wife, Entertainment Weekly TV reviewer Melissa Maerz, currently reside in Brooklyn.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780399184130 |
| ISBN 10 | 0399184139 |
| Title | But What If We're Wrong? |
| Author | Chuck Klosterman |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Penguin Putnam Inc |
| Year published | 2017-04-25 |
| Number of pages | 288 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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