Download or read book At the Risk of Seeming Ridiculous written by Charlie Mann and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book In Another Place Not Here written by Dionne Brand and published by Vintage Canada. This book was released on 2011-02-11 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beautiful and meticulously wrought, set in both Toronto and the Caribbean, this astonishing novel gives voice to the power of love and belonging in a story of two women, profoundly different, each in her own spiritual exile.
Download or read book American Subversive written by David Goodwillie and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2010-04-20 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aidan Cole and his friends are a band of savvy—if cynical—New York journalists and bloggers, thriving at the intersection of media and celebrity. They meet at loft parties and dive bars, talking of scoops and page views, sexual adventures and new restaurants. And then, without warning, a bomb rips through a deserted midtown office tower, and Aidan’s life will never be the same. Four days later, with no arrests and a city on edge, an anonymous e-mail arrives in Aidan’s inbox. Attached is the photograph of an attractive young white woman, along with a chilling message: “This is Paige Roderick. She’s the one responsible.” An astonishing debut novel, American Subversive is a “genuinely thrilling thriller” (NewYorker.com) as well as “an exploration of what motivates radicalism in an age of disillusion” (The New York Times Book Review).
Download or read book Critical Pedagogy in the Twenty First Century written by Curry Malott and published by IAP. This book was released on 2011-03-01 with total page 619 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book simultaneously provides multiple analyses of critical pedagogy in the twenty-first century while showcasing the scholarship of this new generation of critical scholar-educators. Needless to say, the writers herein represent just a small subset of a much larger movement for critical transformation and a more humane, less Eurocentric, less paternalistic, less homophobic, less patriarchical, less exploitative, and less violent world. This volume highlights the finding that rigorous critical pedagogical approaches to education, while still marginalized in many contexts, are being used in increasingly more classrooms for the benefit of student learning, contributing, however indirectly, to the larger struggle against the barbarism of industrial, neoliberal, militarized destructiveness. The challenge for critical pedagogy in the twenty-first century, from this point of view, includes contributing to the manifestation of a truly global critical pedagogy that is epistemologically democratic and against human suffering and capitalist exploitation. These rigorous, democratic, critical standards for measuring the value of our scholarship, including this volume of essays, should be the same that we use to critique and transform the larger society in which we live and work.
Download or read book Cesar Chavez and the Common Sense of Nonviolence written by José-Antonio Orosco and published by UNM Press. This book was released on 2008-03-31 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cesar Chavez has long been heralded for his personal practice of nonviolent resistance in struggles against social, racial, and labor injustices. However, the works of Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr. have long overshadowed Chavez's contributions to the theory of nonviolence. José-Antonio Orosco seeks to elevate Chavez as an original thinker, providing an analysis of what Chavez called "the common sense of nonviolence." By engaging Chavez in dialogue with a variety of political theorists and philosophers, Orosco demonstrates how Chavez developed distinct ideas about nonviolent theory that are timely for dealing with today's social and political issues, including racism, sexism, immigration, globalization, and political violence.
Download or read book Values Political Action and Change in the Middle East and the Arab Spring written by Mansoor Moaddel and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017-01-18 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although many have tried, the spontaneity of the Arab Spring uprisings and the unpredictability of its diverse geographical outcomes have resisted explanation. For social scientists, part of the challenge has been how to effectively measure and analyze the empirical data, while another obstacle has been a lack of attention to the worldviews, value orientations, and long-term concerns from the people of the Middle East and North Africa. In order to meet these challenges head-on, Mansoor Moaddel and Michele J. Gelfand have assembled an international team of experts to explore and employ a new and diverse set of frameworks in order to explain the dynamics of cross-national variation, values, political engagement, morality, and development in these regions. To this end, the authors address a wide range of questions, such as: To what extent do recent events reflect changes in values among the Middle Eastern publics? Are youth uniformly more supportive of change than the rest of the population? To what extent are changes in values connected to changes in identities? How do we explain the process of change in the long term? As Moaddel and Gelfand remark in their book's introduction, "Our hope is that this collective effort will not only contribute to the development of the social sciences in the Middle East and North Africa, but also to practical political actions and public policies that serve social tolerance and harmony, peace, and economic prosperity for the people of the region."
Download or read book From Panthers to Promise Keepers written by Judith Newton and published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. This book was released on 2004-12-10 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written for a general audience, From Panthers to Promise Keepers draws on years of readings about, interviews with, and intimate observations of the men and networks who were involved in what some have called 'the men's movement.' Focusing on the decades between 1950 and 2000 in the U.S., From Panthers to Promise Keepers places networks of gay men and of black men (and women) at the center of its investigations, exploring some of the unexpected ways in which these seemingly marginal networks were precursors to, rather than mere followers of, the white and heterosexual men's groups that followed and that became the objects of media attention. This study also demonstrates that networks with radically different positions on important social issues nonetheless shared two related activities—criticizing individualist, self-making values and attempting, through surprisingly similar ritual practices, to construct ideals of masculinity that were more expressive of vulnerability, tenderness, and care. Men's politically varied efforts to refashion masculine ideals during the last 50 years have contributed to a different global climate with respect to masculinities. Near the end of the 1990s, agencies such as UNESCO helped the reform of masculine ideals become more widely seen as a necessary component of movements for social justice and a 'culture of peace.' Current efforts to revive a more aggressive and force-based masculine ideal, a 'masculinity for a culture of war,' are one of many testaments to the cultural resonance of what has been called 'the men's movement.'
Download or read book Caribbean Literature and the Public Sphere written by Raphael Dalleo and published by University of Virginia Press. This book was released on 2011 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bringing together the most exciting recent archival work in anglophone, francophone, and hispanophone Caribbean studies, Raphael Dalleo constructs a new literary history of the region that is both comprehensive and innovative. He examines how changes in political, economic, and social structures have produced different sets of possibilities for writers to imagine their relationship to the institutions of the public sphere. In the process, he provides a new context for rereading such major writers as Mary Seacole, José Martí, Jacques Roumain, Claude McKay, Marie Chauvet, and George Lamming, while also drawing lesser-known figures into the story. Dalleo's comparative approach will be important to Caribbeanists from all of the region's linguistic traditions, and his book contributes even more broadly to debates in Latin American and postcolonial studies about postmodernity and globalization.
Download or read book Yellow Power Yellow Soul written by Roger N. Buckley and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2013-04-01 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This dynamic collection explores the life, work, and persona of saxophonist Fred Ho, an unabashedly revolutionary artist whose illuminating and daring work redefines the relationship between art and politics. Scholars, artists, and friends give their unique takes on Ho's career, articulating his artistic contributions, their joint projects, and personal stories. Exploring his musical and theatrical work, his political theory and activism, and his personal life as it relates to politics, Yellow Power, Yellow Soul offers an intimate appreciation of Fred Ho's irrepressible and truly original creative spirit. Contributors are Roger N. Buckley, Peggy Myo-Young Choy, Jayne Cortez, Kevin Fellezs, Diane C. Fujino, Magdalena Gómez, Richard Hamasaki, Esther Iverem, Robert Kocik, Genny Lim, Ruth Margraff, Bill V. Mullen, Tamara Roberts, Arthur J. Sabatini, Kalamu ya Salaam, Miyoshi Smith, Arthur Song, and Salim Washington.
Download or read book On Henry Miller written by John Burnside and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2018-03-27 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An engaging invitation to rediscover Henry Miller—and to learn how his anarchist sensibility can help us escape “the air-conditioned nightmare” of the modern world The American writer Henry Miller's critical reputation—if not his popular readership—has been in eclipse at least since Kate Millett's blistering critique in Sexual Politics, her landmark 1970 study of misogyny in literature and art. Even a Miller fan like the acclaimed Scottish writer John Burnside finds Miller's "sex books"—including The Rosy Crucifixion, Tropic of Cancer, and Tropic of Capricorn—"boring and embarrassing." But Burnside says that Miller's notorious image as a "pornographer and woman hater" has hidden his vital, true importance—his anarchist sensibility and the way it shows us how, by fleeing from conformity of all kinds, we may be able to save ourselves from the "air-conditioned nightmare" of the modern world. Miller wrote that "there is no salvation in becoming adapted to a world which is crazy," and in this short, engaging, and personal book, Burnside shows how Miller teaches us to become less adapted to the world, to resist a life sentence to the prison of social, intellectual, emotional, and material conditioning. Exploring the full range of Miller's work, and giving special attention to The Air-Conditioned Nightmare and The Colossus of Maroussi, Burnside shows how, with humor and wisdom, Miller illuminates the misunderstood tradition of anarchist thought. Along the way, Burnside reflects on Rimbaud's enormous influence on Miller, as well as on how Rimbaud and Miller have influenced his own writing. An unconventional and appealing account of an unjustly neglected writer, On Henry Miller restores to us a figure whose searing criticism of the modern world has never been more relevant.
Download or read book Dorothy Day The World Will Be Saved by Beauty written by Kate Hennessy and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2017-11-07 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A family memoir--as written by her granddaughter--of this prominent Catholic, writer, social activist, and co-founder of a movement dedicated to serving the poorest of the poor, offering a intimate portrait of this complicated woman and exploring the effects of her legacy on her daughter and grandchildren. --Adapted from publisher description.
Download or read book I Embrace You with All My Revolutionary Fervor written by Ernesto Che Guevara and published by Seven Stories Press. This book was released on 2021-10-19 with total page 375 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first-ever edition of Che Guevara's letters, the vast majority never-before published in English in any form. Ernesto Che Guevara was a voyager—and thus a letter writer—for his entire adult life. The letters collected in I Embrace You with All My Revolutionary Fervor: Letters 1947-1967 range from letters home during his Motorcycle Diaries trip, to the long letter to Fidel after the success of the Cuban revolution in early 1959 (from which the book's title comes), from the most personal to the intensely political, revealing someone who not only thought deeply about everything he encountered, but for whom the process of social transformation was a constant companion from his youth until shortly before his death. His letters give us Che the son, the friend, the lover, the guerrilla fighter, the political leader, the philosopher, the poet. Che in these letters is often playful, funny, sometimes sarcastic, and deeply affectionate. His life was short, and these twenty years, from when he was 19 until days before his death, show it was also incredibly rich and full. As his daughter Aleida Guevara, also a doctor like her father, writes, "When you write a speech, you pay attention to the language, the punctuation and so on. But in a letter to a friend or a member of your family, you don't worry about those things. It is you speaking, in your authentic voice. That's what I like about these letters; they show who Che really was and how he thought. This is the true political testimony of my father."
Download or read book 100 Great Quotes by Che Guevara written by Farhad Hemmatkhah Kalibar and published by Sara Tabandeh . This book was released on with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Welcome to the "100 Great Quotes" series, a collection that celebrates the profound insights and timeless wisdom of some of the greatest minds in history. Each book in this series is a curated compilation of 100 remarkable quotes by a single individual, offering readers a glimpse into the depth of their thoughts and the enduring impact of their ideas. In a world filled with constant noise and rapid change, these books serve as a sanctuary of contemplation. Within these pages, you will find the distilled essence of the thinkers and visionaries who have shaped our understanding of the world. From philosophers and scientists to artists and leaders, each volume is a journey into the unique perspectives that have stood the test of time. Dive into the brilliance of minds that have left an indelible mark on human history. Whether you seek inspiration, reflection, or simply a moment of clarity, the "100 Great Quotes" series invites you to explore the profound and enduring truths encapsulated in the words of these extraordinary individuals.
Download or read book Salamat PRRD written by Various Contributors and published by Manila Bulletin Publishing Corporation. This book was released on with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: SALAMAT PRRD is a testament to the Duterte legacy, written by those who worked closely with the President, and by many ordinary Filipinos who share how their lives were impacted by his Presidency. Created originally for the President as a gift after his exit from office, it now serves as a reminder—and an explanation—for present and future generations on why Rodrigo Duterte stepped down with the highest satisfaction and trust ratings in exit surveys, despite the extraordinary challenges he faced during his term.
Download or read book Voices of Wisdom Che Guevara Quotes written by Sara Tabandeh and published by Sara Tabandeh . This book was released on with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Welcome to the "Voices of Wisdom" series, a curated collection of timeless quotes from some of the most influential and inspiring figures in history. Words have the power to inspire, to challenge, and to change the world. Throughout the ages, great minds have distilled their wisdom, experiences, and insights into memorable sayings that continue to resonate with us today. This series is more than just a compilation of quotes; it is a journey through the thoughts and philosophies of individuals who have left an indelible mark on humanity. From philosophers and poets to scientists and leaders, these quotes reflect the diverse spectrum of human thought and endeavor. Each volume in this series is dedicated to a specific theme or area of life, making it easy for you to find the inspiration you need at any moment. Whether you seek motivation, reflection, or simply a new perspective, you will find it within these pages. As you read through these quotes, may you find the wisdom to navigate your own path, the courage to face your challenges, and the inspiration to make a positive impact on the world around you. Let these voices from the past and present guide you towards a brighter future.
Download or read book Killer Images written by Joram ten Brink and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2013-01-08 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cinema has long shaped not only how mass violence is perceived but also how it is performed. Today, when media coverage is central to the execution of terror campaigns and news anchormen serve as embedded journalists, a critical understanding of how the moving image is implicated in the imaginations and actions of perpetrators and survivors of violence is all the more urgent. If the cinematic image and mass violence are among the defining features of modernity, the former is significantly implicated in the latter, and the nature of this implication is the book's central focus. This book brings together a range of newly commissioned essays and interviews from the world's leading academics and documentary filmmakers, including Ben Anderson, Errol Morris, Harun Farocki, Rithy Phan, Avi Mograbi, Brian Winston, and Michael Chanan. Contributors explore such topics as the tension between remembrance and performance, the function of moving images in the execution of political violence, and nonfiction filmmaking methods that facilitate communities of survivors to respond to, recover, and redeem a history that sought to physically and symbolically annihilate them
Download or read book Manifesto written by Ernesto Che Guevara and published by Ocean Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three historical manifestos in one mini-anthology. Includes Marx and Engel's Communist Manifesto; Rosa Luxemburg's Reform Or Revolution; and Che Guevara's Socialism And Humanity. Includes a preface by Adrienne Rich considering the relevance of the texts in today's world - a preface that argues convincingly that these are neither dry, boring nor dead political works. A panorama of radical ideas in a perfect little volume.
