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Evil empire : a reckoning with power

Title
Evil empire : a reckoning with power / editors-in-chief, Deborah Chasman & Joshua Cohen.
Publication
  • Cambridge, MA : Boston Review, [2018]
  • ©2018

Details

Additional Authors
  • Chasman, Deborah
  • Cohen, Joshua
  • Alvarez, Maximillian
  • Singh, Nikhil Pal
  • Getachew, Adom
  • Roy, Arundhati
  • Sejpal, Avni
  • Dunbar-Ortiz, Roxanne, 1938-
  • Schrader, Stuart
  • LeBrón, Marisol
  • Mishra, Pankaj
  • Ali, Wajahat
  • Morefield, Jeanne, 1967-
  • Kimmage, Michael
  • Pasquale, Frank
  • Bould, Mark
  • Herrera, Yuri, 1970-
  • Dillman, Lisa
Description
125 pages; 26 cm.
Summary
""All history," writes Maximillian Alvarez in his contribution, "is the history of empire--a bid for control of that greatest expanse of territory, the past." Evil Empire confronts these histories head-on, exploring the motivations, consequences, and surprising resiliency of empire and its narratives. Contributors grapple with the economic, technological, racial, and rhetorical elements of U.S. power and show how the effects are far-reaching and, in many ways, self-defeating. Drawing on a range of disciplines--from political science to science fiction--our authors approach the theme with imagination and urgency, animated by the desire to strengthen the fight for a better future."--Page 4 of cover.
Series Statement
Boston Review Forum, 0734-2306 ; 8
Uniform Title
Forum (Cambridge, Mass.) ; 8.
Subject
  • Exceptionalism > United States > History
  • Imperialism > History
  • Political ethics > United States
  • Exceptionalism
  • Imperialism
  • Political ethics
  • United States
Genre/Form
History.
Note
  • "Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, Yuri Herrera, Pankaj Mishra, Frank Pasquale, Arundhati Roy, Nikhil Pal Singh"--Cover.
Contents
Editor's note / Deborah Chasman & Joshua Cohen -- The end of the end of history / Maximillian Alvarez -- Banking on the Cold War / Nikhil Pal Singh -- The welfare world / Adom Getachew -- The absurd apocalypse / Arundhati Roy interview by Avni Sejpal -- What white supremacists know / Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz -- The sources of U.S. conduct / Stuart Schrader -- Puerto Rico's war on its poor / Marisol LeBrón -- Empire's racketeers / Pankaj Mishra interviewed by Wajahat Ali -- Intellectuals against noticing / Jeanne Morefield -- The burden of being good / Michael Kimmage -- Quantifying love / Frank Pasquale -- Monsters vs. empire / Mark Bould -- Appendix 15, number 2. The agent probii exploration / Yuri Herrera, translated by Lisa Dillman.
Call Number
JFF 19-966
ISBN
  • 9781946511119
  • 1946511110
OCLC
1029892263
Title
Evil empire : a reckoning with power / editors-in-chief, Deborah Chasman & Joshua Cohen.
Publisher
Cambridge, MA : Boston Review, [2018]
Copyright Date
©2018
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
Boston Review Forum, 0734-2306 ; 8
Forum (Cambridge, Mass.) ; 8.
Added Author
Chasman, Deborah, editor.
Cohen, Joshua, editor.
Alvarez, Maximillian, contributor.
Singh, Nikhil Pal, contributor.
Getachew, Adom, contributor.
Roy, Arundhati, contributor.
Sejpal, Avni, interviewer.
Dunbar-Ortiz, Roxanne, 1938- contributor.
Schrader, Stuart, contributor.
LeBrón, Marisol, contributor.
Mishra, Pankaj, contributor.
Ali, Wajahat, interviewer.
Morefield, Jeanne, 1967- contributor.
Kimmage, Michael, contributor.
Pasquale, Frank, contributor.
Bould, Mark, contributor.
Herrera, Yuri, 1970- contributor.
Dillman, Lisa, translator.
Research Call Number
JFF 19-966
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