{"product_id":"the-dialectics-of-liberation-9781781688915","title":"The Dialectics of Liberation","description":"\u003cb\u003eA revolutionary compilation of speeches which produced a political groundwork for many of the radical movements in the following decades\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The now legendary \u003ci\u003eDialectics of Liberation\u003c\/i\u003e congress, held in London in 1967, was a unique expression of the politics of dissent. Existential psychiatrists, Marxist intellectuals, anarchists, and political leaders met to discuss key social issues. Edited by David Cooper, \u003ci\u003e The Dialectics of Liberation\u003c\/i\u003e compiles interventions from congress contributors Stokely Carmichael, Herbert Marcuse, R. D. Laing, Paul Sweezy, and others, to explore the roots of social violence. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAgainst a backdrop of rising student frustration, racism, class inequality, and environmental degradation--a setting familiar to readers today--the conference aimed to create genuine revolutionary momentum by fusing ideology and action on the levels of the individual and of mass society. \u003ci\u003eThe Dialectics of Liberation\u003c\/i\u003e captures the rise of a forceful style of political activity that came to characterize the following years.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Cooper\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Verso\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/09\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeries:\u003c\/b\u003e Radical Thinkers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.5lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.60h x 5.10w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781781688915","brand":"Verso","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45133454049417,"sku":"9781781688915","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_30c89d53-87bf-40dc-9097-0ffb42930827.jpg?v=1767679132","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/the-dialectics-of-liberation-9781781688915","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}