Books : AN INCOMPLETE EDUCATION
Binding: Hardcover
EAN: 9780044402961
Format: Import
ISBN: 0044402961
Label: HARPERCOLLINS
Manufacturer: HARPERCOLLINS
Number Of Pages: 696
Publication Date: 1988
Publisher: HARPERCOLLINS
Sales Rank: 2290508
Studio: HARPERCOLLINS
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The book arrived in pristine condition and I was proud to give it as a Christmas present. Thank you for the speedy shipment and care in packaging.
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a short skim reading of this interesting-looking book revealed several things.
First, they get their facts wrong. Small facts here and there for sure, but definetly just plain wrong. My field is religious studies, and they really do not know what they are talking about. They make silly, basic mistakes that my students would pick up.
Second, they are extremely left leaning and (to boot)intellectual snobs, which might be fine if you are as well, just do not go looking for a balanced view on anything like religion.
Their humor is childish because it makes fun of the material, reducing its importance (again depending on their enlightenment liberal sensibilities) and thus denegrates the cultural heritage. This shows that their ongoing humorous attempts to "popularize" include an agenda. They ridicule constantly those ideas and thinkers they do not seem to like. This betrays a lack of understanding of such thinkers as (for instance) Augustine, who managed to shape european culture for about 1500 years. Its weak humor at best. It is never witty, just cutting. That works for the Simpsons, but not for a book like this.
The slant is so ingrained in this book, it is hard to find something good to say about it. Christians , Muslims, Anyone who is proud to be an American, and many others would find this book very insulting.
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I am only about 1/2 way through this book, but I am delighted with the funny way this material is presented.
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This book is an excellent resource. It is written so that it leads people to "dip into" it for information that you may or may or may not know; or are unsure of. There are pictures, photographs, charts, and the style is light.
Its fascinating to just browse through. I got one for each of my college aged sons, and I believe they both got some good use out of it.
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I've seen this book in numerous catalogs and knew that my 15 year old daughter would love it. In the catalogs it was around $35 + shipping. I found it here at a much lower price; the book arrived promptly; and it was in excellant condition. I come here first for any of my online shopping needs. Great job guys!
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