The Meaning of Freedom

And Other Difficult Dialogues

Author: Angela Y. Davis
ISBN: 9780872865808

What is the meaning of freedom? Angela Y. Davis' life and work have been dedicated to examining this fundamental question and to ending all forms of oppression that deny people their political, cultural, and sexual freedom. In this collection of twelve searing, previously unpublished speeches, Davis confronts the interconnected issues of power, race, gender, class, incarceration, conservatism, and the ongoing need for social change in the United States. With her characteristic brilliance, historical insight, and penetrating analysis, Davis addresses examples of institutional injustice and explores the radical notion of freedom as a collective striving for real democracy—not a thing granted by the state, law, proclamation, or policy, but a participatory social process, rooted in difficult dialogues, that demands new ways of thinking and being. "It is not too much," writes Robin D.G. Kelly in the introduction, "to call her one of the world's leading philosophers of freedom." The Meanin

Publisher: City Lights Publishers
Publish Date: 2012-08-14

Subjects: Social Science / Ethnic Studies / African American Studies, Social Science / Social Classes, Social Science / Gay Studies

This book is available in the following Community Centers: Women's Center (Location: Race)