by Christopher Hitchens · Verso Books · tapa blanda · ISBN 9781859843833
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In 'Unacknowledged Legislation: Writers in the Public Sphere', Christopher Hitchens celebrates Percy Shelley's assertion that 'poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world'. Through more than thirty essays on writers from Oscar Wilde to Salman Rushdie, Hitchens challenges the idea of politics as a burden on literature. Instead, he argues that when all parties in the state are agreed on a matter, it is the individual pens that create the space for a true moral argument. This book is an exploration of the power of writing and its impact on society.
Christopher Eric Hitchens was a British and American author and journalist. Known as one of the "Four Horsemen" of New Atheism, he gained prominence as a columnist and speaker. His epistemological razor, which states that "what can be asserted without evidence can also be dismissed without evidence", is used in philosophy and law.
