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Demanding the Impossible: Seven Essays on Resistance

Sylvia Lawson

9780522854855

MELBOURNE UNIVERSITY PRES


Society & Social Sciences; Political activism

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336 pages

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Demanding the Impossible asks what has become of the ideal and myth of resistance. It searches for the power of 'no' and 'enough'. Combining elements of fiction, history, reportage and analysis, Sylvia Lawson examines the way the spirit of wartime resistance resurfaced in Paris in the insurrection of May 1968, when a rare unity of intellectuals and industrial workers woke a complacent society. She chronicles moments of resistance: the story of intrepid Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya, who was murdered for her opposition to the Russian oppression of Chechnya; the highly contentious Northern Territory Intervention and Aboriginal dispossession; East Timorese and West Papuan resistance to Indonesian domination. Resistance is about more than protest in the streets; it's about writing and art-making, music and filming, and not least about the way ordinary people keep going. As the Arab Spring unfolds and the Occupy Wall Street initiative has spread round the world, a resistant tradition has been actively inherited: the right to protest and rebel against greed and injustice, to claim public space, to recreate the active, convivial city.

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By:   Sylvia Lawson
Imprint:   MELBOURNE UNIVERSITY PRES
Country of Publication:   Australia
Dimensions:   Height: 234mm,  Width: 154mm,  Spine: 16mm
Weight:   262g
ISBN:  

9780522854855


ISBN 10:   0522854850
Pages:   336
Publication Date:   February 2012
Audience:   Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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