The Spirit of Disobedience Resisting the Charms of Fake Politics, Mindless Consumption, and the Culture of Total Work |
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Author:
| White, Curtis |
ISBN: | 978-0-9778253-1-8 |
Publication Date: | Dec 2006 |
Publisher: | PoliPointPress, LLC
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Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | USD $24.00 |
Book Description:
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A funny, wide-ranging discourse on the current sociopolitical scene,The Spirit of Disobediencedebunks the notion that liberalism has no need for spirituality and describes a “middle way” between the red state/blue state impasse. Through scathing, controversial analyses ofThe Da Vinci Code, Office Space,andBrokeback Mountain,as well as pointed critiques of liberal spokesmen Bill Maher and Al Franken, Curtis White moves the reader forcefully toward an old but neglected...
More DescriptionA funny, wide-ranging discourse on the current sociopolitical scene,The Spirit of Disobediencedebunks the notion that liberalism has no need for spirituality and describes a “middle way” between the red state/blue state impasse. Through scathing, controversial analyses ofThe Da Vinci Code, Office Space,andBrokeback Mountain,as well as pointed critiques of liberal spokesmen Bill Maher and Al Franken, Curtis White moves the reader forcefully toward an old but neglected American form of thought first spelled out in Henry David Thoreau’sWalden.He urges readers to renew their commitment to what Thoreau termed “human fundamentals”: work, home, and food. Three intriguing, inspiring interviews with John De Graaf(Affluenza),James Howard Kunstler(The Long Emergency),and Michael Ableman(Fields of Plenty)continue the dialog of renewal and refusal, offering fresh ways to think about work, housing, transportation, and food.