The Spirit of Disobedience: Resisting the Charms of Fake Politics, Mindless Consumption, and the Culture of Total Work - Hardcover
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.
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Curtis White is the author of the novels "Memories of My Father Watching TV" and "Requiem." A widely acclaimed essayist, his work appears regularly in "Context" and "Harper's." He is an English professor at Illinois State University and a board director at the award-winning Dalkey Archive Press.
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Curtis White has given us a brave and necessary corrective to some basic tenets of left/liberal ideology. This fine new book reminds us that the spirit of disobedience, rightly understood, is the very spirit of America. --Mark Crispin Miller, author of Fooled Again
A splendid book, distinguished by the clarity of its thought, the force of its argument, the eloquence of its expression. White brings a great light into the darkness that has descended upon the hope of a decent American future, and his book should be required reading for any citizen looking for a way out of the mess that we have made of both the Christian ethic and the democratic spirit. --Lewis Lapham, author of Pretensions to Empire
Those who call on America to behave like a Christian nation should be careful of what they wish for. As Curtis White shows us, with his usual penetrating analysis, this is hardly a goal compatible with conservative political practice, from foreign adventurism all the way down to Ten Commandments monuments on the courthouse lawn. --Thomas Frank, author of What s the Matter With Kansas?
A splendid book, distinguished by the clarity of its thought, the force of its argument, the eloquence of its expression. White brings a great light into the darkness that has descended upon the hope of a decent American future, and his book should be required reading for any citizen looking for a way out of the mess that we have made of both the Christian ethic and the democratic spirit. --Lewis Lapham, author of Pretensions to Empire
Those who call on America to behave like a Christian nation should be careful of what they wish for. As Curtis White shows us, with his usual penetrating analysis, this is hardly a goal compatible with conservative political practice, from foreign adventurism all the way down to Ten Commandments monuments on the courthouse lawn. --Thomas Frank, author of What s the Matter With Kansas?
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- PublisherRoutledge
- Publication date2006
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- ISBN 13 9780977825318
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