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. |
Från bokens innehåll
Resultat 1-5 av 17
... Human Nature 32 FOUR The Use and Abuse of History 48 FIVE Just and Unjust War 67 SIX Law and Justice 106 SEVEN Economic Justice : The American Class System 147 EIGHT Free Speech : Second Thoughts on the First Amendment 182 NINE ...
... human , made possible the Atlantic slave trade , during which perhaps 40 million people died . Beliefs about racial inferiority , whether applied to blacks or Jews or Arabs or Orientals , have led to mass murder . The idea , presented ...
... human needs ) is like the e or f in a multiple - choice test — it is missing . To propose zero billion makes you a candidate for a mental institution . On the question of prisons there is debate on how many prisons we should have . But ...
... human nature , realism and idealism , the best forms of government or whether there should be government at all , a citizen's obligation to the state , and the proper distribution of wealth in society - we are in the area of political ...
... human beings are powerfully influenced ( though not totally bound ) by their back- grounds , by whether they are rich or poor , male or female , black or white or Asian , in positions of power , or in lowly circumstances . Even ...
Innehåll
1 | |
32 | |
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 |
Andra upplagor - Visa alla
Vanliga ord och fraser
Populära avsnitt
Hänvisningar till den här boken
Human Smoke: The Beginnings of World War II, the End of Civilization Nicholson Baker Ingen förhandsgranskning - 2008 |