Grasping for the Wind: The Search for Meaning in the 20th Century

by John W. Whitehead

Book Overview

Whitehead applies his razor-sharp thinking to the question, "How did our culture get into the dismal moral and cultural state it is in today?" He provides a fascinating sketch of 20th-century culture,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0310232740
• ISBN13: 9780310232742
• Release Date: May 2001
• Publisher: Zondervan Publishing Company
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 7.5" x 9.6"

Customer Reviews

A moving synthesis of art, politics, and philosophy . . .

Constitutional lawyer John Whitehead displays a flexible intellect as he explores the intellectual and social movements in art, music, film, literature, politics, and philosophy over the past century. The book is extremely readable and provides an interesting way to survey vast amounts of accumulated thought. Readers will be hard pressed to reconcile the fact that Paula Jones' attorney and the writer of this book are the same man.