{"product_id":"only-a-voice-george-scialabba-9781804292006","title":"Only a Voice: Essays","description":"\u003cb\u003eEssays on politics, power, and culture from one of America's most eminent critics\u003c\/b\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e George Scialabba\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1804292001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781804292006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Verso\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/15\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.30w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/26\/2023","brand":"George Scialabba","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44076548358399,"sku":"9781804292006","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1e211f78-4dd8-4e6d-bd06-5bccd7fba859.jpg?v=1685465586","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/only-a-voice-george-scialabba-9781804292006","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}