Passionate Declarations: Essays on War and JusticeHarper Collins, 17 juni 2003 - 368 sidor From the bestselling author of A People's History of the United States comes this selection of passionate, honest, and piercing essays looking at American political ideology. Howard Zinn brings to Passionate Declarations the same astringent style and provocative point of view that led more than a million people to buy his book A People's History of the United States. He directs his critique here to what he calls "American orthodoxies" -- that set of beliefs guardians of our culture consider sacrosanct: justifications for war, cynicism about human nature and violence, pride in our economic system, certainty of our freedom of speech, romanticization of representative government, confidence in our system of justice. Those orthodoxies, he believes, have a chilling effect on our capacity to think independently and to become active citizens in the long struggle for peace and justice. |
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... citizen's obligation to the state , and the proper distribution of wealth in society - we are in the area of political theory , or political philosophy . There is a list of famous political thinkers who are tradition- ally used to ...
... citizens . Not only can ordinary people make decisions about these is- sues , but they ought to , because citizens understand their own interests more clearly than any experts . In John Le Carré's novel The Russia House , a dissident ...
... citizens to do this on their own , to listen with some skepticism to the great thinkers and the experts , and to think for themselves about the great issues of today's world , is to make democracy come alive . We might begin by ...
... Citizen bout 500 years ago modern political thinking began . Its enticing surface was the idea of “ realism . ” Its ruthless center was the idea that with a worthwhile end one could justify any means . Its spokesman was Niccolò ...
... citizens , the millionaire and the homeless person ) deceives us . It is a deception useful to those who run modern societies , where the support of the population is necessary for the smooth operation of the machinery of everyday life ...
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FOUR The Use and Abuse of History | 48 |
The American Class System | 147 |
Second Thoughts on the First Amendment | 182 |
The Black Experience | 231 |
ELEVEN The Ultimate Power | 278 |
NOTES | 303 |
INDEX | 333 |
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