Wages of rebellion
Subtitle: the moral imperative of revolt
By: Chris Hedges
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 286
ISBN-13: 9781568589664; 9781568584904
Subjects: Social aspects; Protest movements; Revolutions; Social movements
Description: "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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-265) and index.
Table of contents: title: Doomed voyages; title: The post-constitutional era; title: The invisible revolution; title: Conversion; title: The rebel caged; title: Vigilant violence; title: The rebel defiant; title: Sublime madness.