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Record Nr.

UNINA9910818472303321

Titolo

Communicative action : the Logos interviews / / edited by Amy L. Buzby

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, MD., : Lexington Books, c2010

ISBN

1-282-49489-9

9786612494895

0-7391-3976-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (225 p.)

Collana

Logos interviews : perspectives on modern society and culture

Altri autori (Persone)

BuzbyAmy L. <1984->

Disciplina

306.2

Soggetti

Politics and culture

Imperialism

Neoliberalism - United States

Middle East Politics and government 21st century

United States Foreign relations Middle East

Middle East Foreign relations United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; Introduction; Section One: THE DECLINING STATE OF POLITICS AND CULTURE; An Interview with Benjamin Barber; An Interview with Studs Terkel; An Interview with Frances Fox Piven; Section Two: THE RISE OF NEO-LIBERALISM, IMPERIALISM, AND AMERICAN HEGEMONY; An Interview with Cornel West: Empire, Pragmatism, and War; An Interview with Daniel Ellsberg; An Interview with Jürgen Habermas: America and the World; An Interview with David Harvey; An Interview with Benny Morris: Survival of the Fittest?; Section Three: CRISIS IN THE MIDDLE EAST

An Interview with Rashid Khalidi: The Middle EastAn Interview with Ilan Pappe: Power and History in the Middle East; An Interview with Tariq Ali: A Clash of Civilizations or Fundamentalisms?; An Interview between American and Iraqi Intellectuals: Baghdad, Iraq-January 16, 2003; Section Four: ALTERNATIVE VISIONS AND MODES OF RESISTANCE; An Interview with Saad Eddin Ibrahim: The Prospect for Democracy in the Middle East; An Interview with Bianca Jagger; An Interview with Peter Singer: Practicing Ethics in the New Millennium; Sources; Index; About



the Editor; About the Interviewees

Sommario/riassunto

This volume of interviews from the popular online journal Logos are organized around the critical and formative themes of the decline of politics and culture, the rise in American imperialism, the crisis in the Middle East and the need to forge new alternatives and modes of resistance. 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.