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The Book of Dissent: Revolutionary Words from Three Millennia of Rebellion and Resistance
Andrew Hsiao
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Description for The Book of Dissent: Revolutionary Words from Three Millennia of Rebellion and Resistance
Paperback. Fully updated compendium of revolt and resistance Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: JPFC; JPFF; JPWF; JPWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 215 x 34. Weight in Grams: 448.
Throughout the ages and across every continent, people have struggled against those in power and raised their voices in protest-rallying others around them and inspiring uprisings in eras yet to come. Their echoes reverberate from Ancient Greece, China and Egypt, via the dissident poets and philosophers of Islam and Judaism, through to the Arab slave revolts and anti-Ottoman rebellions of the Middle Ages. These sources were tapped during the Dutch and English revolutions at the outset of the Modern world, and in turn flowed into the French, Haitian, American, Russian and Chinese revolutions. More recently, resistance to war and economic ... Read more
Throughout the ages and across every continent, people have struggled against those in power and raised their voices in protest-rallying others around them and inspiring uprisings in eras yet to come. Their echoes reverberate from Ancient Greece, China and Egypt, via the dissident poets and philosophers of Islam and Judaism, through to the Arab slave revolts and anti-Ottoman rebellions of the Middle Ages. These sources were tapped during the Dutch and English revolutions at the outset of the Modern world, and in turn flowed into the French, Haitian, American, Russian and Chinese revolutions. More recently, resistance to war and economic ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Verso Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781784786175
SKU
V9781784786175
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-3
About Andrew Hsiao
ANDREW HSIAO & AUDREA LIM are editors at Verso Books. TARIQ ALI is the author of The Extreme Centre, Pirates of the Caribbean, The Clash of Fundamentalisms, and The Islam Quintet.
Reviews for The Book of Dissent: Revolutionary Words from Three Millennia of Rebellion and Resistance
The Verso Book of Dissent shows the many ways in which the constant struggle to create a better world has broken through the walls of apathy and acquiescence. - Noam Chomsky A delightful anthology to dip into if you are or have ever been disgruntled with the status quo ... for radicals everywhere. - Nick Lezard, Guardian ... Read more