{"product_id":"only-a-voice-essays-hardcover","title":"Only a Voice: Essays - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGeorge Scialabba\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEssays on politics, power, and culture from one of America's most eminent critics\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eOnly a Voice\u003c\/i\u003e, George Scialabba examines the chasm between modernity's promise of progress and the sobering reality of our present day through studies of the most influential public intellectuals of our time. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn Scialabba's hands, literary criticism becomes a powerful tool for expressing political passion and demonstrating the generative power of argument and an inquisitive mind. Drawing together a diverse group of thinkers, artists, activists, and philosophers-including Edward Said, D. H. Lawrence, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Ellen Willis, and Noam Chomsky-Scialabba tours western intellectual history to find that no matter the stakes, critical thought remains a necessary precondition for politics. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEvery writer, Scialabba writes, faces the choice of whether \"to tilt at the state and capital or ignore them\" - and the world now is too dire not to choose the former.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGeorge Scialabba\u003c\/b\u003e is an award-winning critic and essayist whose writing has appeared in the \u003ci\u003eNation\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDissent\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBookforum\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRaritan\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003en+1\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eBoston Review\u003c\/i\u003e, among many others. He is a contributing editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Baffler\u003c\/i\u003e and the author of five previous essay collections and a memoir, \u003ci\u003eHow to Be Depressed\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 9.3 x 6.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 15, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51764910129440,"sku":"9781804292006","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/e9b36bcd0e2f8e3243946689165dd0b5.webp?v=1780257514","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/only-a-voice-essays-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}