Failure to Quit : Reflections of an Optimistic Historian (Radical 60s, 7)

Failure to Quit : Reflections of an Optimistic Historian (Radical 60s, 7)

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  • 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 192 p.
  • 言語 ENG
  • 商品コード 9780896086760
  • DDC分類 973.072

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Here, Howard Zinn discusses a wide range of historical and political topics, from the role of the Supreme Court in US history to the nature of contemporary higher education. Zinn argues that propaganda can be exposed and authority challenged, and that the struggle for justice can lead to important breakthroughs in the fight to create a better society.

Contents

"Who controls the past controls the future" interview with David Barsamian; the optimism of uncertainty; objections to objectivity; the problem is civil disobience; the supreme court is not supreme; the Bill of Rights; second thoughts on the First Amendment; how free is higher education?; just and unjust wars; terrorism over Tripoli; Columbus, the Indians and human progress - 1492-1992; "Je Ne Suis Pas un Marxiste"; the perils of Plato; failure to quit.