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'An almanac combining a comprehensive survey of modern culture with an annotated index of who-was-who and what-was-what, Cultural Amnesia is Clive's unique take on the places and the faces that shaped the 20th-century. From Charles de Gaulle to Thomas Mann, from Hitler to Wittgenstein, from Argentina to Australia, this varied and unfailingly absorbing book is both story and history, both public memoir and personal record – and provides an essential field-guide to the vast movements of taste, intellect, politics and delusion that helped to prepare the times we live in now.' (Publication summary) 

Notes

  • Indexed selectively
  • Dedication: To Aung San Suu Kyi, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Ingrid Betancourt and to the memory of Sophie Scholl
  • Included in the New York Times Book Review 100 Notable Books List for 2007.

Contents

* Contents derived from the New York (City), New York (State),
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United States of America (USA),
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Americas,
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W. W. Norton , 2007 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Chris Marker, Clive James , single work essay
Clive James discusses the difference between truth and the 'power of the story' using the documentaries of French film maker Chris Marker and the Tampa incident and asylum seeker debate in Australia in 2001.
(p. 460-469)
Clear View from the Antipodes, Clive James , single work essay
'Pioneering expatriate writer and peerless war correspondent Alan Moorhead helped to bring Australia closer to the centre of global affairs.' (Editor's headline in Australian Literary Review)
(p. 515-523)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • New York (City), New York (State),
      c
      United States of America (USA),
      c
      Americas,
      :
      W. W. Norton ,
      2007 .
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      Extent: xxxii, 876p.p.
      ISBN: 9780393061161 (hbk), 0393061167 (hbk)
    • London,
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      England,
      c
      c
      United Kingdom (UK),
      c
      Western Europe, Europe,
      :
      Picador ,
      2007 .
      image of person or book cover 8194113496701837793.jpg
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      Alternative title: Cultural Amnesia : Notes in the Margin of My Time
      Extent: xxxii, 876p.p.
      ISBN: 9780330481748, 9780330418867
    • London,
      c
      England,
      c
      c
      United Kingdom (UK),
      c
      Western Europe, Europe,
      :
      Picador ,
      2012 .
      image of person or book cover 3572907572909132119.jpg
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      Extent: 875p.p.
      Note/s:
      • Published 1 April 2012
      ISBN: 9780330481755, 0330481754

Works about this Work

Clive James' Europe without Baedeker Peter Coleman , 2007 single work review
— Appears in: Quadrant , September vol. 51 no. 9 2007; (p. 86-88)

— Review of Cultural Amnesia : Necessary Memories from History and the Arts 2007 anthology essay prose extract
Our Prodigious Son Peter Wilson , 2007 single work column
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 11-12 August 2007; (p. 21)
Don't Forget About Me Andrew Fenton , 2007 single work column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 4 August 2007; (p. 4)
Clive's Culturama Morag Fraser , 2007 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , July-August no. 293 2007; (p. 13-14)

— Review of Cultural Amnesia : Necessary Memories from History and the Arts 2007 anthology essay prose extract
Untitled Sandie Price , 2007 single work correspondence
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 26-27 May 2007; (p. 2)
Sandie Price comments on the dearth of women represented in Clive James's Cultural Amnesia, suggesting it might have been more accurately titled 'Gender Amnesia'.
[Review] Cultural Amnesia Clive Tilsley , 2007 single work review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , March vol. 86 no. 7 2007; (p. 40)

— Review of Cultural Amnesia : Necessary Memories from History and the Arts 2007 anthology essay prose extract
Taking on the Barbarians Stephen Wilks , 2007 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 31 March 2007; (p. 11)

— Review of Cultural Amnesia : Necessary Memories from History and the Arts 2007 anthology essay prose extract
Towards More Reliable Memories Down to the 'Bloody Crossroads' Richard King , 2007 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 31 March - 1 April 2007; (p. 32-33) The Age , 31 March 2007; (p. 23)

— Review of Cultural Amnesia : Necessary Memories from History and the Arts 2007 anthology essay prose extract
Poetical Journey Mark Egan , 2007 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 14 - 15 April 2007; (p. 27)

— Review of Cultural Amnesia : Necessary Memories from History and the Arts 2007 anthology essay prose extract
Jottings of a True Intellectual Rod Moran , 2007 single work review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 28 April 2007; (p. 5)

— Review of Cultural Amnesia : Necessary Memories from History and the Arts 2007 anthology essay prose extract
Thrive with Clive Stephen Matchett , 2007 single work column
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 24-25 March 2007; (p. 40)
The World According to Clive Stephanie Bunbury , 2007 single work column
— Appears in: The Age , 24 March 2007; (p. 12-13) The Sydney Morning Herald , 24-25 March 2007; (p. 4-5)
Clive, Our Everyman of Letters Stephanie Bunbury , 2007 single work column
— Appears in: The West Australian , 28 April 2007; (p. 4-5)
Untitled Sandie Price , 2007 single work correspondence
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 26-27 May 2007; (p. 2)
Sandie Price comments on the dearth of women represented in Clive James's Cultural Amnesia, suggesting it might have been more accurately titled 'Gender Amnesia'.
Don't Forget About Me Andrew Fenton , 2007 single work column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 4 August 2007; (p. 4)
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