A Short History of Power: How societies create and sustain oppression, and how to resist it - Couverture souple

Davy, Dr Dr Jack

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1529413958 ISBN 13 : 9781529413953

Editeur : Quercus, 2023

Synopsis

'You could not ask for a more eloquent guide than this book. Essential' Sathnam Sanghera

An eye-opening book about how societies are designed to support those in power, at the expense of those without it.

COLONIAL POWER
In the 1950s, over 10,000 Kenyans were killed by the British during the Mau Mau uprising against a government determined to install a sympathetic post-independence regime and continue to exploit the resources of its former colonies.

PATRIARCHAL POWER
After the Iranian revolution in 1979, the Islamic Republic systematically removed freedoms from women, relegating them to second-class citizens in the name of religious teachings.

EDUCATIONAL POWER
There have been fifty-seven prime ministers of the United Kingdom, of whom forty-three have been privately educated, creating a society built by and for the privileged.

These are just some of the stories through which Dr Jack Davy illustrates the key factors that allow societies to create and sustain oppressive systems. Some are historical. Others have played out right before our eyes over the last decade. All are rooted in the systems in which we all participate. Read this book, and take action.

'Sharp and insightful. Jack Davy makes complex ideas accessible in this powerful book about the roots of inequality' Caroline Dodds Pennock, author of On Savage Shores: How Indigenous Americans Discovered Europe

'A deeply humane book with true hope in its message' Ray Mattinson, Blackwells

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Dr. Jack Davy has worked in the heritage of marginalised peoples for over a decade, focusing in particular on the cultural oppression of Native Americans. He has a PhD in anthropology, and has worked for the British Museum, Horniman Museum and the University of East Anglia. He is currently Head Curator at Morley College in London.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Quercus
• Date d'édition: 2023
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1529413958
• ISBN 13: 9781529413953
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 336
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: Hachette Ireland; info@hbgi.ie; ; Baker Street 55; London; W1U 8EW; Royaume-Uni