A world of ideas II : public opinions from private citizens

Moyers, Bill D. (Author). Tucher, Andie. (Added Author).

Summary: Interviews with Bharati Mukherjee, Maxine Hong Kingston, Peter Sellars, Leo Braudy, Patricia Smith Churchland, Jeannette Haien, Toni Morrison, Sam Keen, Evelyn Fox Keller, Richard Rodriguez, M.F.K. Fisher, Cornel West, Tu Wei-ming, Joanne Ciulla, Ruth Macklin, Ernesto J. Cortes, Jr., Michael Sandel, Jacob Needleman, Steven Rockefeller, Oren Lyons, Murray Gell-Mann, Robert Lucky, Louis Kelso, Mike Rose, Lester Brown, Jonas Salk, William L. Shirer, John Henry Faulk, and Robert Bly.

Record details

ISBN: 0385416644
ISBN: 9780385416641
ISBN: 0385416652 (pbk.)
ISBN: 9780385416658 (pbk.)
Physical Description: print
xiv, 284 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: New York : Doubleday, 1990.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

Bharati Mukherjee, novelist -- Maxine Hong Kingston, writer -- Peter Sellars, theater director -- Leo Braudy, literary historian -- Patricia Smith Churchland, neurophilosopher -- Jeannette Haien, musician -- Toni Morrison, novelist -- Sam Keen, philosopher -- Evelyn Fox Keller, historian of science -- Richard Rodriguez, writer -- M.F.K. Fisher, essayist -- Cornel West, cultural critic -- Tu Wei-ming, historian and Confucian thinker -- Joanne Ciulla, ethicist -- Ruth Macklin, bioethicist -- Ernesto J. Cortes, Jr., organizer -- Michael Sandel, political philosopher -- Jacob Needleman, philosopher -- Steven Rockefeller, professor of religion -- Oren Lyons, Onondaga chief -- Murray Gell-Mann, physicist -- Robert Lucky, engineer -- Louis Kelso, capitalist -- Mike Rose, teacher -- Lester Brown, environmentalist -- Jonas Salk, medical researcher -- William L. Shirer, journalist -- John Henry Faulk, humorist -- Robert Bly, poet.