Contrary Notions: The Michael Parenti Reader
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- Synopsis
- Prominent leftist public intellectual Parenti has built a reputation for himself as a trenchant, yet engaging and accessible, critic of capitalism, imperialism, and other forms of exploitation and violence and this diverse collection of his writings will not disappoint his fans (nor, probably, convince his detractors). Over the course of the collection he takes on the corporate media, intellectual repression in academia, the stolen presidential elections of 2000 and 2004 (not that he's a fan of Al Gore or John Kerry), right wing judicial activism, free-market orthodoxies and mythologies, racism, sexism, homophobia, postmodern attacks on Marxism, the distortions of dominant history, ill-informed demonizations of the Venezuelan political process, his own life, and many other topics. Annotation ©2007 Book News, Inc. , Portland, OR (booknews. com)
- Copyright:
- 2007
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Book Size:
- 404 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9780872864825
- Publisher:
- City Lights Books
- Date of Addition:
- 06/05/11
- Copyrighted By:
- Michael Parenti
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- History, Nonfiction, Business and Finance, Social Studies, Politics and Government, Sociology
- Submitted By:
- Deborah Murray
- Proofread By:
- Jim Shaffer
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.
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