Christopher Hitchens - What He Got Right, How He Went Wrong, and Why He Still Matters

Christopher Hitchens' post-9/11 turn to the right has defined him, but Burgis' book helps rehabilitate his pre-9/11 career as a left-wing polemicist. It reminds readers of his best writings and provides insight into how someone who valued socialist left could hold grotesque positions on Iraq and the War on Terror. Burgis' book argues for the enduring importance of engaging with Hitchens' complicated legacy.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 160 pages
Publication date: 31 December 2021
Publisher: John Hunt Publishing

While his post-9/11 turn to the right has defined Christopher Hitchens for the last two decades, we may now be in a position to rehabilitate his long pre-9/11 career as a left-wing polemicist. Burgis reminds readers about what was best in Hitchens' writings and helps us gain a better understanding of how someone whose whole political life was animated by the values of the socialist left could have ended up holding grotesque positions on Iraq and the War on Terror. Burgis' book makes a case for the enduring importance of engaging with Hitchens' complicated legacy.

While his post-9/11 turn to the right has defined Christopher Hitchens for the last two decades, we may now be in a position to rehabilitate his long pre-9/11 career as a left-wing polemicist. Burgis reminds readers about what was best in Hitchens' writings and helps us gain a better understanding of how someone whose whole political life was animated by the values of the socialist left could have ended up holding grotesque positions on Iraq and the War on Terror. Burgis' book makes a case for the enduring importance of engaging with Hitchens' complicated legacy.

Weight: 164g
Dimension: 140 x 217 x 13 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781789047455