|
|
|
|
|
|
|
 |
Abolition Democracy: Beyond
Prisons, Torture, and Empire Interviews with Angela Y. Davis ISBN:
1583226958
Format: Paperback, 160pp
Pub. Date: October 2005
Publisher: Seven Stories Press
List Price: $12.95
BBP Price: $10.36 Save 20% |
|
|
|
click to
enlarge |
|
Abolition Democracy, 1583226958
ABOUT THE BOOK
Abolition Democracy: Beyond Prisons, Torture, and Empire Interviews with
Angela Y. Davis
FROM THE PUBLISHER
In a series of interviews given in the wake of the Abu Ghraib prison
scandal, Angela Y. Davis explores how historical systems of oppression like
slavery and lynching continue to influence and undermine democracy today.
Davis builds on W. E. B. DuBois's view that when people were released from
slavery in this country, they were denied the full privileges of other
citizens. This denial of full rights and the creation of a U.S. prison
system emerged as a way of maintaining dominance and control over entire
populations. Davis explores the notion of "Abolition Democracy" as the
democracy to come, a set of social relations free of oppression and
injustice.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
