Christopher Hitchens: 38 books

The most powerful case yet made for the return of the Parthenon Marbles The Parthenon Marbles (formerly known as the Elgin Marbles), designed and executed by Pheidias to adorn the Parthenon, are perhaps the greatest of all classical sculptures. In 1801, Lord Elgin, then ambassador to the Turkish...

不要相信高談闊論「我們」的任何人 或任何以「我們」之名發聲的人 ——克里斯多福．希鈞斯（1949-2011）， 當代最令人難以招架的論戰家暨公共知識份子 ◆ 異見者 vs. 政治、媒體、宗教權力在握者 社會因為反對而進步 洗腦、帶風向的言論 雜音、噪音、魔音、福音各有狂熱擁護者 都想把你我塞進「我們」的隊伍裡 整齊劃一走向「他們」打造的虛假太平 那是你要的世界嗎？ 精心包裝的政令在粉飾太平 道德獵巫的輿論看似理所當然—— 當太多真實被包裹在漂亮修辭、曖昧一致之中 社會要往前進，需要野蠻又聰明的不和諧音 ◆ 權威要求服從。學校、軍隊、公司、教會……整個社會，及至崇高無上的國家，都強調服從、團結、一致的重要性。 ○他們說：反對的聲音＝麻煩製造者、扯後腿、唱衰者，甚至不道德、不愛國！ 但這個世界，不論科學界、思想界、政治界，乃至商業界，都是因為那些不服從的反對者勇於挑戰常識與常規、顛覆和諧與共識，而大步躍入下一個階段：嶄新的未來。 ○歷史證明：不要以為存在的就是合理的。 所謂合理性，極有可能是透過宣傳加工而成的假象。真理或真相，往往必須透過揭露那些荒謬事物的本質、從批判與爭論來挖掘。愈理所當然的，愈可疑—— ○馬克思：「必須懷疑一切。」（De...

Cuando empezaba a despuntar el movimiento del nuevo ateísmo, los heraldos del ocaso religioso que acabarían siendo conocidos como los "Cuatro Jinetes" ―Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens, Daniel Dennett y Sam Harris― se reunieron para tomar una copa y a modo de experimento grabaron...

La religion se mêle de sexe, contrôle ce que nous mangeons et exacerbe notre propension à la culpabilité en multipliant les interdits les plus arbitraires. La religion diabolise la science, se fait complice de l'ignorance et de l'obscurantisme. Source de haine, de tyrannie et de guerres, la religion...

Dans le contexte actuel, celui des attentats, de la résurgence des fondamentalismes et des grands débats sur la laïcité, une réédition qui s'impose comme une évidence et une nécessité. Un brûlot culte par celui qui fut l'un des principaux penseurs de l'athéisme. Avec un mélange jubilatoire...

"I did not, I wish to state, become a journalist because there was no other ‘profession' that would have me. I became a journalist because I did not want to rely on newspapers for information." Love, Poverty and War: Journeys and Essays showcases America's leading polemicist's rejection...

El papel de Winston Churchill en la Segunda Guerra Mundial le garantizó un lugar destacado entre los grandes líderes del siglo XX. Hitchens, el gran disidente de todo, demuestra en este ensayo cuánto hay de real en su historia, y cuánto de construcción interesada de un mito. Ya mucho antes...

"If the courts and lawyers of this country will not do their duty, we shall watch as the victims and survivors of this man pursue justice and vindication in their own dignified and painstaking way, and at their own expense, and we shall be put to shame." Forget Pinochet, Milosevic,...

Mortalidade é uma comovente viagem ao mundo da doença que marca o século XX, o cancro, sem nunca perder a racionalidade que o define. Nesta inevitável relação com a morte, Hitchens revela o seu lado mais humano e, ao mesmo tempo, mantém os seus principais traços jornalísticos.

As religiously grounded moral arguments have become ever more influential factors in the national debate-particularly reinforced by recent presidential elections and the creation of the faith-based initiative office in the White House-journalists' ignorance about theological convictions has often...