Communicative action : the Logos interviews
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Communicative action : the Logos interviews
（Logos : perspectives on modern society and culture）
Lexington Books, c2010
- : cloth
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Includes index
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This volume of interviews from the popular online journal Logo, are organized around the critical and interconnected themes of the decline of politics and culture, neo-liberalism and the rise of American imperialism, the crisis in the Middle East and the need to forge alternative visions and effective modes of resistance in contemporary struggle. These interviews offer key insights and galvanizing challenges to critically thinking scholars and citizens engaged in analyzing and struggling against current injustices. Although the interviews were conducted during the presidency of George W. Bush, they are especially relevant now. These critical insights and demands should not be abandoned because of the ease and relief engendered by the election of Barack Obama. Because of the volume's concern with defending democracy against the incursions of empire, the text emphasizes the need to reinvigorate discourse and rebuild the public sphere. The primary method of accomplishing these ends, frank and honest dialogue, is built into the very structure of the text. The insights and challenges offered in the interviews are crucial for active thinkers looking to respond thoughtfully, effectively and conscientiously to the crises that shape our times.
Table of Contents
Part 1 Section I: The Declining State of Politics and Culture Chapter 2 A Conversation with Benjamin Barber Chapter 3 A Conversation with Studs Terkel Chapter 4 A Conversation with Frances Fox Piven Part 5 Section II: The Rise of Neoliberalism, Imperialism and American Hegemony Chapter 6 A Conversation with Cornel West Chapter 7 A Conversation with Daniel Ellsberg Chapter 8 A Conversation with Jurgen Habermas Chapter 9 A Conversation with David Harvey Chapter 10 A Conversation with Benny Morris Part 11 Section III: Crisis in the Middle East Chapter 12 A Conversation with Rashid Khalidi Chapter 13 A Conversation with Ilan Pappe Chapter 14 A Conversation with Tariq Ali Chapter 15 A Conversation Between American and Iraqi Intellectuals Part 16 Section IV: Alternative Visions and Modes of Resistance Chapter 17 A Conversation with Saad Eddin Ibrahim Chapter 18 A Conversation with Bianca Jagger Chapter 19 A Conversation with Peter Singer Chapter 20 About the Interviewees
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