Revolution, American Style: The Nineteen-Sixties and Beyond (CHANDLER AND SHARP PUBLICATIONS IN POLITICAL SCIENCE)

By Paul N. Goldstene

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 088316566X
• ISBN13: 9780883165669
• Release Date: October 1997
• Publisher: Chandler & Sharp Pub
• Length: 136 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 0.5" x 6.3"

Customer Reviews

Rawls to Goldstene

If you have read Theory of Justice by John Rawls you also should read Paul Goldstene's 'Revolution, American Style' as well as his other books, 'Collaspe of Liberal Empire, and 'Bittersweat Century.' We talk much today of the history of democray from the Founding Fathers to the supreme court revolution in the Bush v. Gore decision. Sprinkled within this recent era are the books, thought and calls for Justice by Rawls, Taylor and Chomsky. But a thinker from the 1980's should not be forgotten, Paul Goldstene. Read his books and you will begin to see the underlying history of today's world. Much like the philospher Hans Vaihinger has been lost in time as he appeared in the Kantian age before Hegal, and Sabine's 'History of Political Theory' goes unread in modern libraries, Goldstene is still a viable read for todays student of democracy and history of thought. With the November election close upon us, track down Goldstene's books and read up on the collapse of the liberal empire and the century that is unfolding upon us today.

Excerpts from Reviews

"This book--scrutinizing key assumptions that routinely precede and preempt thought about political power--is a notable challenge....A work of ingenuity and unsettling realism....A book of political inquiry that is profoundly serious....Could serve as an important tool for unearthing the realities of present-day repression and laying a solid foundation for democratic life." --Norman Solomon, author and nationally syndicated columnist"...A remarkable achievement, beautifully crafted and very hard-hitting. It is that rarity--a political science book that really is political. Goldstene throws down the gauntlet. His new book could--and it should--change the way we think and act politically." --Paul Thomas, Department of Political Science, University of California, Berkeley"A radical reminder of the value of memory...altogether splendid: incisive, evocative and notable for the elegance of Goldstene's vision of science." --Wilson Carey McWilliams, Department of Political Science, Rutgers University"[Goldstene] is excellent at connecting...events and ideas to the wider frame of Western thought...a stimulating intellect." --Terrell Carver, Department of Politics, University of Bristol, UK"A very fine piece of work...beautifully written and organized....It is time Goldstene was recognized for what he is: a leading social critic and an original political thinker." --Rick Tilman, Department of Public Administration, University of Nevada, Las Vegas"...Should be an excellent supplement for most basic and advanced political science classes at the college level." --William Head, Chief, Office of History, USAF"...Well-written, lucid, incisive and convincing. Goldstene's work makes a significant contribution to the theoretical understanding of revolution. Those across the social sciences who have an interest in revolution, social movements, social change, power and politics will find this work valuable." --James P. Marshall, Social Science Journal

Exceptional

A penetrating analysis of the essential foundations of power in the United States and their pivotal influence on the revolutionary politics of the 1960s. Focusing on the disruptive battle between the ideological impulses of democracy and liberalism, and the crucially different opportunities for human development each affords, the book also takes the reader into twenty-first century America in a cogent and stimulating manner. This volume is a creative and major contribution to theory-as radical as it is intense-as political as it is theoretical. It is a work full of hope, perceiving egalitarian possibilities within what is conceived as an ongoing process of American revolution: a process that can no longer be concealed within the commercial elitism of a dominant liberal world view. This is a development that first found its public voice in the sixties and continues in more muted form today. Here is a must read for those disturbed by a corporatist oppression but who can't identify the fundamental causes of this condition or viable alternatives to it. Extremely well written, the work has the added advantage of being quite brief. The style, moreover, allows for a subtlety of argument that makes the reader think more deeply about the texture of the operative political culture. In the final analysis, this is a book as powerful as the forces it examines, an impressive and novel contribution to American political thought that creates a fundamentally new theory of revolution, and must be recognized for the classic it can become. It is a volume that makes it clear that while reality might be ignored, it cannot be stopped. Highly recommended for anyone seriously concerned about the world they live in and who might appreciate a work that is refreshingly scientific in method and litery in expression.