Arguments Against Hitchens
Debate against Hitchens’s Concepts of Religion and Politics
One of the most controversial man, Christopher Hitchens, in his letters, “Letters to a Young Contrarian” (2001), implies that people of the contemporary society should avoid thinking other than for themselves by taking on the pathway of being a contrarian. His purpose is to help “individuals on how they think, and not what they think by making them a more independent and questioning person” (63). The letters take us through a pathway of what is means to be a contrarian. He uses great personal and current examples to explain why individuals should have a voice for their own. Two of the most important topics in which he heavily discusses about are religion and racism. Throughout
One of the most controversial man, Christopher Hitchens, in his letters, “Letters to a Young Contrarian” (2001), implies that people of the contemporary society should avoid thinking other than for themselves by taking on the pathway of being a contrarian. His purpose is to help “individuals on how they think, and not what they think by making them a more independent and questioning person” (63). The letters take us through a pathway of what is means to be a contrarian. He uses great personal and current examples to explain why individuals should have a voice for their own. Two of the most important topics in which he heavily discusses about are religion and racism. Throughout