Insurgent Truth: Chelsea Manning and the Politics of Outsider Truth-Telling

ISBN-13: 9780190920029 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 224 str.

Lida Maxwell

Recenzje

Lida Maxwell performs a public service by putting a name to, and insightfully analyzing, an all too common and deeply troubling phenomenon: individuals who do not fit the mold of white, cis-gendered, male authority figures are not recognized as neutral, credible sources when they expose systemic injustice, no matter how significant their disclosures. By bringing 'outsider truth-telling' into focus through a close and creative reading of the heroic revelations of Chelsea Manning, Maxwell helps us better appreciate the fact that when people on the margins divulge important information, they also contest the larger social and political structures that perpetuate secrecy and domination in the first place. This is an urgent, erudite, and inspiring book, and one that embodies the truth-telling that is its subject.

O autorze

Lida Maxwell is Associate Professor of Political Science and Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Boston University. She is the author of Public Trials: Burke, Zola, Arendt, and the Politics of Lost Causes.