Wages of rebellion / Chris Hedges.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hedges, Chris, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Revolutions--Social aspects.

Revolutions.

Social movements.

Protest movements.

Physical Description:

vii, 286 pages ; 25 cm

Other Title:

Wages of rebellion : the moral imperative of revolt

Place of Publication:

New York : Nation Books, [2015]

Summary:

"Revolutions come in waves and cycles. We are again riding the crest of a revolutionary epic, much like 1848 or 1917, from the Arab Spring to movements against austerity in Greece to the Occupy movement. In [this book], Chris Hedges--who has chronicled the malaise and sickness of a society in terminal moral decline in his books Empire of illusion and Death of the liberal class--investigates what social and psychological factors cause revolution, rebellion, and resistance. Drawing on an ambitious overview of prominent philosophers, historians, and literary figures he shows not only the harbingers of a coming crisis but also the nascent seeds of rebellion"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Doomed voyages

The post-constitutional era

The invisible revolution

Conversion

The rebel caged

Vigilant violence

The rebel defiant

Sublime madness.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-265) and index.

ISBN:

9781568589664

1568589662

OCLC:

890360697