Christopher Hitchens

Christopher Eric Hitchens (born April 13, 1949) is a British journalist, author, and literary critic. He lives in Washington, DC, and has been a columnist at Vanity Fair, The Nation, Slate, and an occasional contributor to many other publications.

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April 13 - 1949 - British - Washington, DC - Vanity Fair - The Nation - Slate

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Hitchens is known for his iconoclasm, anti-clericalism, and anti-fascism, as well as for his acid wit and his departure from the Anglo-American political left. He was formerly a socialist and a fixture in the publications of the British and American left, but a series of disagreements beginning in the early 1990s led to his resignation from The Nation shortly after the September 11, 2001 attacks.

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Iconoclasm - Anti-clericalism - Anti-fascism - Socialist - September 11, 2001 attacks

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He is a vociferous critic of what he describes as "fascism with an Islamic face," and is now sometimes described as a "neoconservative" or a "liberal hawk," though his idiosyncratic ideas and positions preclude easy classification.

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Fascism - Islam - Neoconservative

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Although he no longer considers himself a socialist, he does not believe that his political views have changed significantly. He points out that, throughout his career, he has been both an atheist and an antitheist, and that he has always remained a believer in the Enlightenment values of secularism, humanism, and reason.

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Atheist - Antitheist - Enlightenment - Secularism - Humanism - Reason

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