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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Andrew Hsiao , Audrea Lim , Tariq AliPublisher: Verso Books Imprint: Verso Books Dimensions: Width: 12.90cm , Height: 3.30cm , Length: 19.80cm Weight: 0.447kg ISBN: 9781784786175ISBN 10: 1784786179 Pages: 400 Publication Date: 08 November 2016 Audience: General/trade , General Replaced By: 9781788739115 Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsA delightful anthology to dip into if you are or have ever been disgruntled with the status quo ... for radicals everywhere. Nick Lezard, Guardian A very right-on compendium of opposition to authority. Gavin Bowd, Scotland on Sunday Reading the [ The Verso Book of Dissent ] is like encountering the best version of our angry selves. Jonathan Messinger, Time Out Chicago A near-definitive anthology. Richard Whittaker, Austin Chronicle The anthology s editors excerpt the writings of a wide array of historical figures, including Socrates ... Martin Luther King ... [and] the Marquis de Sade. National An anthology of quotes and excerpts to commemorate Verso s 40th anniversary. Todd Gitlin, Chronicle of Higher Education A unique anthology. Kaleidoscope Almost a Leftist coffee-table book ... a good gift for budding activists and writers. Global Comment The Verso Book of Dissent shows the many ways in which the constant struggle to create a better world has broken through the walls of apathy and acquiescence. -- Noam Chomsky A delightful anthology to dip into if you are or have ever been disgruntled with the status quo . for radicals everywhere. -- Nick Lezard * Guardian * A very right-on compendium of opposition to authority. -- Gavin Bowd * Scotland on Sunday * Reading the [The Verso Book of Dissent] is like encountering the best version of our angry selves. -- Jonathan Messinger * Time Out Chicago * A near-definitive anthology. -- Richard Whittaker * Austin Chronicle * The anthology's editors excerpt the writings of a wide array of historical figures, including Socrates . Martin Luther King . [and] the Marquis de Sade. * National * A unique anthology. * Kaleidoscope * Almost a Leftist coffee-table book ... a good gift for budding activists and writers. * Global Comment * This anthology presents voices of dissent from throughout history and across the globe: speeches and pamphlets, poems and songs, plays and manifestos, demonstrating that words and ideas are the ultimate weapons. * Greenlight Books * Author InformationANDREW HSIAO & AUDREA LIM are editors at Verso Books. TARIQ ALI is the author of The Extreme Centre, Pirates of the Caribbean, The Clash of Fundamentalisms, and The Islam Quintet. CHELSEA MANNING is a whistleblower serving a 35-year sentence for disclosing classified documents to Wikileaks. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |