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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... society a more desirable place to live . But they also create a more effective form of control . We are less likely to object if we can feel that we have a " pluralist " society , with two parties instead of one , three branches of ...
... society where our choice of ideas is limited and where certain ideas dominate : We hear them from our parents , in the schools , in the churches , in the newspapers , and on radio and televi- sion . They have been in the air ever since ...
... society will remain secure in their control . In the year 1984 Forbes magazine , a leading periodical for high finance and big business , drew up a list of the wealthiest individuals in the United States . The top 400 people had assets ...
... 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 initiate discussion on these long - term problems , including Plato , Aristotle ...
... society are within the capability of ordinary 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 ...
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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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