Uninformed: Why People Seem to Know So Little about Politics and What We Can Do about It

by Arthur Lupia

Book Overview

Beethoven's Ninth Symphony has held musical audiences captive for close to two centuries. Few other musical works hold such a prominent place in the collective imagination; each generation rediscovers the work for itself and makes it its own. Honing in on the significance of the symphony in contemporary culture, this book establishes a dialog between Beethoven's world and ours, marked by the earthshattering events of 1789 and of 1989. In particular,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190659939
• ISBN13: 9780190659936
• Release Date: May 2017
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"