{"product_id":"the-opening-of-the-american-mind-9780226735801","title":"The Opening of the American Mind","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn a cultural landscape dominated by hot takes and petty polemics, The Point stands for something different. Informed by the conviction that humanistic thinking has relevance for everyday life, the magazine has long maintained a rare space for thoughtful dialogue between a wide range of political views, philosophical perspectives, and personal experiences: its contributors include liberals and conservatives, philosophers and activists, Marxists and Catholics, New Yorkers and Midwesterners. A little more than a decade since its founding on the campus of the University of Chicago, it offers a unique and revelatory look at the changing face of America, one that speaks not only to way American minds have been forced to open by a decade of trauma and transformation, but also to the challenge of remaining open to our fellow citizens during our deeply divided present.  Featuring award-winning and highly acclaimed essays from The Point's first ten years, The Opening of the American Mind traces\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Point’\u003c\/i\u003es writers and editors receive simultaneous instruction from, on the one hand, worldly events and daily experiences, and on the other hand the great lineage of humanistic thought that dwells on reality’s fundamental, unchanging truths. The humanistic magazine converses with the world, sometimes offering guidance, other times listening—but its defining aim is to contribute to public discourse. It is a bridge, in a way, between the active and contemplative lives.\" * Breaking Ground *\u003cbr\u003e\"There’s very little surprise in writing today. From the first sentences of most articles, you can tell which of a rather limited collection of categories the piece will fall into: wokeism or anti-wokeism, Trumpism or Resistance, generic secularism or uncritical progressivism or defensive traditionalism. \u003ci\u003eThe Opening of the American Mind\u003c\/i\u003e, a collection of essays from the first decade of \u003ci\u003eThe Point \u003c\/i\u003emagazine, is a welcome exception.\" * Plough *\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eThe Point\u003c\/i\u003e is unique among the intellectual journals of our time in its genuine openness to a range of perspectives, and its commitment to pluralism reflects a conviction that thought cuts deepest when it is permitted to find its own path. The essays in this volume are without exception lucid, striking, intelligent, and well argued; they are also idiosyncratic, surprising, and original. I don’t always agree with each author, but I leave each piece having learned something new.” -- Michael Clune, author of Gamelife: A Memoir\u003cbr\u003e“It is no exaggeration to say that intellectual discourse in America is in a state of crisis, assaulted on both sides by the anti-intellectual and the overcorrecting. What we need is clear and rigorous public thinking capable of rendering our chaotic society and each other more legible. What we often get instead is tribal posturing, clichés of thought and language meant to signal neither openness nor generosity but conformity. This is why I am so grateful a venue as brilliantly multifaceted and fearless as \u003ci\u003eThe Point\u003c\/i\u003e is celebrating its first decade of intellectual stewardship. The American mind remains open.” -- Thomas Chatterton Williams, author of Self-Portrait in Black and White\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction  Jon Baskin \u0026amp; Anastasia Berg\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe End of the End of History\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Predatory Habits Etay Zwick\u003cbr\u003e Hard Feelings  Ben Jeffery\u003cbr\u003e No Such Thing? Jonny Thakkar\u003cbr\u003e Forward with Fukuyama Daniel Luban\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAfter Ferguson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Who Will Pay Reparations on My Soul? Jesse McCarthy\u003cbr\u003e Linked Fate Melina Abdullah\u003cbr\u003e After Ferguson Brandon M. Terry\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinal Fantasy\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Understanding Is Dangerous Kathryn Lofton\u003cbr\u003e Midwestworld Meghan O’Gieblyn\u003cbr\u003e Letter on Our President The Editors\u003cbr\u003e Pleasure Won Lauren Berlant \u0026amp; Bea Malsky\u003cbr\u003e Final Fantasy James Duesterberg\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTired of Winning\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Tired of Winning  Jon Baskin\u003cbr\u003e I Am Madame Bovary Anastasia Berg\u003cbr\u003e Closing of the American Mind Jacob Hamburger\u003cbr\u003e Switching Off  Rachel Wiseman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThinking Ahead\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Innocence Abroad Ursula Lindsey\u003cbr\u003e This, Too, Was History Peter C. Baker\u003cbr\u003e The Dictatorship of the Present John Michael Colón\u003cbr\u003e Leaving Herland Nora Caplan-Bricker\u003cbr\u003e It’s All Just Beginning Justin E. H. Smith\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e List of Contributors\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments","brand":"The University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400102617431,"sku":"9780226735801","price":78.85,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780226735801.jpg?v=1730469730","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-opening-of-the-american-mind-9780226735801","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}