About the Author

David Weir is associate professor of comparative literature and director of foreign language programs at The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art.

Reviews

"Weir's new book represents an original and imaginative re-thinking of the Arnoldian concepts of 'culture' and 'anarchy' from the perspective of the late twentieth century. It is a masterful study of the hidden roots of contemporary culture and should be read by anyone interested in how and why our intellectual landscape has changed quite dramatically since the Victorian era."--David Gross, author of The Past in Ruins: Tradition and the Critique of Modernity