Sociopathic Society: A People's Sociology of the United States
Charles Derber is one of our most astute and eloquent social critics. His political analysis is persuasive and is enlivened by graceful prose. --Howard ZinnIn this lucid and informed study, Charles Derber breaks through the necessary illusions and shows how the United States is being turned into a "sociopathic society," with control concentrated among intertwined economic, political, and military elites and reflections of its sociopathy rippling through every social stratum. But he also shows that there remains real hope that mass mobilization by currently fragmented social movements can reverse the sociopathic impetus. ---From the Foreword by Noam ChomskyCharles Derber and Yale Magrass have done an excellent job in making the case to social scientists that there is a strong need to develop a new political economy for this shocking new era, and just as importantly they have done so in a way that is entirely accessible to the many students who may feel the need for such a new perspective based on their own experience growing up in these very different times. ---G. William Domhoff, Distinguished Professor Emeritus and Research Professor, Department of Sociology, University of California, Santa Cruz