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Christopher Hitchens on Saul Bellow
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October 24, 2007 BookTV - From the Politics and Prose Bookstore in Washington D.C,
The American Idea: The Best of The Atlantic Monthly
Contributors to the Atlantic Monthly celebrate the 150th Anniversary of the magazine with selected readings from an edited anthology.
Christopher Hitchens reads an excerpt from Saul Bellow's novel Mr. Sammler's Planet
Saul Bellow was born in my town! Its library bears his name.😊
“On the knees of your soul? Might as well be useful. Scrub the floor.” --Moses Herzog
"Mr Sammler's Planet" is an exceptional book. The line "Who made shit a sacrament?" is among my favorite literary quotes.
This is wonderful..... but please increase the volume, if possible....thank you.
Saul Bellow, a great writer.
is there any footage of Hitchens reading from "Unackowledged Legislation" on Book TV. i was looking for that...
You and your site.
These are some of the funniest comments are ever read: The Endless thread - that is really funny! "tin eared rand" that is so true her writing style is hopeless.
Since when was that a crime?
Very badly read. A disservice to Bellow
Poor Christopher Hitchens, so intelligent and so misguided.
Explain.
Quickly.
@@kelman727 NOW!!! hahaha
@@kelman727 Probably talking about the Iraq War thing which is usually what Hitchens's critics have a bone to pick with
@@venividi8523 Are these critics the self proclaimed champions of social justice who promote infanticide and excuse the murderous ideologies of fanatical extremists?
I don't claim to be an expert on C. Hitchens; I don't get a sense of a true moral foundation to his positions. Nevertheless, I was truly impressed by his sound conclusions regarding the justified toppling of Sadaam Hussein's regime in Iraq. I myself witnessed the sprouting of the concept of freedom in Iraq; I saw the confused relief on the part of Iraqi people whose deep underlying gratitude far exceeded the vast difficulty of rebuilding.
I don't admire Hitchens as any exemplar of morality, but his resolution to draw conclusions independent of social pressure is worthy of some kind of admiration. I believe his conclusions on many things are wrong, but imo he got it very right regarding Iraq.
@@paulrevere2379 It's less to do with social justice and moreso party politics, he was always Democrat-adjacent until Bill Clinton and then in 2004 he threw his support behind Bush for the Iraq War. 9/11 changed his viewpoint to believe states under theocratic control were the greatest threat, he earlier didn't support the Gulf War but now believed Saddam was a threat to Western civilization and that's why he supported taking him out of power.
Well I don't like the way you speak Mr Hitchens!!