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Apr 26, 1990 · ‘Is Nothing Sacred?’ is the text of the Herbert Read Memorial Lecture delivered by Harold Pinter at the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London on 6 February 1990. It was also published by Granta as a pamphlet.
Oct 26, 2010 · Salman Rushdie's Is Nothing Sacred? Salman Rushdie is defending literature as both sacred and necessary, which I completely agree with. I've heard of Rushdie before this class, because of his controversial writing conflict with Iran.
- Stephanie Sandberg
Under all normal circumstances it is understood to be the duty of English academics to shelter the minds of the young from noxious Continental ideas; a duty which, until recently, all English philosophers and theologians performed unhesitatingly and with great success.
Jan 1, 2002 · This book's author is best known for developing a non-realistic interpretation of Christian doctrine and an ever-more radically antirealist position in philosophy.
- Don Cupitt
Jan 1, 2001 · Faced with death threats and a fatwa (religious edict) issued by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, then Supreme Leader of Iran, which called for him to be killed, he spent nearly a decade largely underground, appearing in public only sporadically.
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Summary. In this essay on the spirit and the sacred, Rushdie examines the importance of language and literature in a secular, rationalist, materialist culture. He makes a case for literature as a privileged arena so that we can, "within the secrecy of our own heads . . . hear voices talking about everything in every possible way."
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Detailed explanation: According to Salman Rushdie, the novel serves two primary functions: it conveys difficult and unpleasant information and it fulfills our need for wonder and comprehension.
