The Spirit of Disobedience: Resisting the Charms of Fake Politics, Mindless Consumption, and the Culture of Total Work

ISBN-13: 9780977825318 / Angielski / Twarda / 2006 / 183 str.

Curtis White

Opis

With his trademark intelligence and humor, Curtis White argues that the American left needs a new and compelling spiritual basis for its politics, and that its seeds can be discovered in Thoreau's spiritual politics of refusal and a return to human "fundamentals" especially work, home, and food. Along the way, White offers a shrewd reading of the cult classic Office Space, a scathing critique of Bill Maher's political comedy, and other acerbic cultural commentary. The book includes provocative interviews with James Howard Kunstler, John de Graaf, and Michael Ableman.

Spis treści

Introduction -- Chapter 1 Imagination Dead Imagine -- Chapter 2 Beyond the Golden Rule -- Chapter 3 Confessions of a Holy Whore -- Chapter 4 The Spirit of Disobedience -- Chapter 5 A New Fundamentalism: Time, Home, and Food -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Index -- About the Author

O autorze

Dubbed “a splendidly cranky academic” by Molly Ivins, novelistand social critic CURTIS WHITE is a professor of English at IllinoisState University. His previous book, The Middle Mind: Why AmericansDon’t Think for Themselves, was widely acclaimed. His otherbooks include Monstrous Possibility, Requiem, Memories of My FatherWatching TV, and The Idea of Home. His essays have appeared inmany publications, including Harper’s Magazine and The VillageVoice. He lives in Normal, Illinois, with his wife Georganne Rundbladand their five psittacine companions.183