Public Power in the Age of Empire [Paperback]

Arundhati Roy (Author)

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Product Details

Paperback: 64 pages
Publisher: Seven Stories Press; 1 edition (Nov 2 2004)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1583226826
ISBN-13: 978-1583226827
Product Dimensions: 10.7 x 0.5 x 17.1 cm
Shipping Weight: 59 g
Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #231,895 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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The New York Times Book Review

"The scale of what Roy surveys is staggering. Her pointed indictment is devastating."

Naomi Klein, author of No Logo

"Reading Arundhati Roy is how the peace movement arms itself. She turns our grief and rage into courage."

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Amazon.com: 3.7 out of 5 stars (3 customer reviews)

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Justice, Oct 29 2009

By Luc REYNAERT - Published on Amazon.com

This review is from: Public Power in the Age of Empire (Paperback)

Nobody expressed better the existence of an Empire than a president who said `I don't care what the facts are'. In other words, `I (can) always do what I want without any justification.'

In this violent pamphlet, Arundhati Roy attacks the existent world order and the policies of terror under the helm of the one and only hegemon: `the most powerful nation in the world with its unmatchable arsenal of weapons, its history of having waged and sponsored endless wars and the only nation in history to have actually used nuclear bombs is peopled by a terrified citizenry. This synthetically manufactured fear is used to gain public sanction for further aggression.'
Legislation, like the Patriot Act, curbs freedom in the name of protecting freedom. Antiterrorism laws are used to intimidate civil society.

On the economic front, Western countries which together spend more than one billion dollars a day on subsidies to farmers demand that poor countries withdraw all agricultural subsidies.

In the era of neo-liberalism, poverty is a crime and protesting against it is being defined as terrorism. But, for those who are on the wrong side of Empire, the humiliation is becoming unbearable. For some, there is no alternative but terrorism, albeit vicious, ugly and dehumanizing. But so is war waged by the hegemon and its allies.

The alternative to terrorism is justice. For Arundhati Roy, `no amount of nuclear weapons or full-spectrum-dominance can buy peace at the cost of justice.'

With her sharp pen, Arundhati Roy defends violently the mass of the wretched.
Her text is a must read for all those who want to understand the world we live in.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing book of information, Sep 18 2009

By Kaleem "kevin9984" - Published on Amazon.com

This review is from: Public Power in the Age of Empire (Paperback)

I really enjoyed this book, the language, the expressive power, the content and the goal is fabulous. I am very impressed by the author and this book. I highly recommend this book.

1.0 out of 5 stars If you love left wing propoganda, a great book!, Jan 24 2012

By Great Ilustrations! - Published on Amazon.com

I thought this book completely distorted how the world works. The author lives in a fairytale world. She should have kept writing fiction, like her God of Small Things, a pretty decent story, though rough in polish.

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