Political awakenings : conversations with history

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Title:

Political awakenings : conversations with history

Author:

Kreisler, Harry.

Publication Information:

New York : New Press : Distributed by Perseus Distribution, [2010]

Physical Description:

xi, 286 pages ; 21 cm

Summary:

Collects interviews with a diverse group of influential writers and activists and showcases their reflections on the experiences that shaped their political commitments.

General Note:

"Interviews with twenty of the world's most influential writers, thinkers, and activists."

History archive is maintained by the Institute of International Studies of the University of California, Berkeley.

Language:

English

Contents:

Protest and change -- Noam Chomsky -- Daniel Ellsberg -- Listening to people -- Elizabeth Warren -- Ron Dellums -- Sciend, food, and the environment: movements for justice -- Michael Pollan -- Eva Harris -- Oronto Douglas -- Seeking truth -- Amira Hass -- Jane Mayer -- Empire and hegemony -- Ahmed Rashid -- Chalmers Johnson -- Tariq Ali -- Resistance through art -- Roya Hakakian -- Oliver Stone -- Kenzaburo Oe -- Human rights and the law -- Albie Sachs -- Shirin Ebadi -- Philippe Sands -- Radical insights through history -- Joan Wallach Scott -- Howard Zinn.

Subject Term:

World politics -- 1945-1989 -- Sources.

History, Modern -- 1945-1989 -- Sources.

World politics -- 1989- -- Sources.

History, Modern -- 1989- -- Sources.

Political activists -- Interviews.

Politicians -- Interviews.

Journalists -- Interviews.

Genre:

Oral history.

Added Author:

Kreisler, Harry.