World of Ideas
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Conversations with thoughtful men and women about American life today and theideas shaping our future. Bill Moyers brings us one-on-one interviews withforty-two extraordinary men and women—poets and physicists, historians andnovelists, doctors and philosophers—discussing what's happening in our lives, our hearts, and our minds as we approach a new millenium.
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The Closing of the American Mind Shares philosophy, nonfiction, sociology -
The Refusal of Work: Rethinking Post-Work Theory and Practice Shares philosophy, nonfiction, sociology -
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Welcome to Everytown: A Journey Into the English Mind Shares philosophy, nonfiction, sociology
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