174pp., vii. '1' in the number line; '4/03' at bottom left rear dw panel. "An Activist's Library", pp. 173-174. White and gray marbled boards, and same endpapers, with light gray spine and brilliant silver lettering. Dustwrapper not price-clipped ($22.50) with color photo-portrait of a smiling Gitlin facing reader; title lettering in maroon superimposed on a white strip across front cover below portrait, author name lettering in white superimposed at bottom left of portrait. From pp. 1-2: "Dear ------, / Let's agree to overlook (maybe even enjoy) the absurdity which joins us: You agree to indulge my lecturing on matters I didn't quite understand until I was older than you, and I make every effort to connect to your passions and objections--to take your arguments seriously, even though you're too young to have had the experience I draw on. Fine. We need each other. Let's both try to think our way out of our skins. . . What I offer in these letters isn't a declaration of how things are or a precise political outlook or social analysis or a set of propositions (except when I can't resist) or a moral philosophy or history or memoir or a critique of other books. Instead, I'll ruminate on experience and principles of action. I may reminisce now and again, but not to usher back the Wonder Years with a sepia glow but to put some life behind my arguments. Though I mainly address liberals, the Left and the left of center, in these letters I try not to convey a political manifesto or a rally of nerve and verve but a sense of activism's proper spirit". Dustwrapper flawless. Only a very small light brown dot on rear cover lower edge (no bleeding onto pages) keep the book from being unqualifiedly As New: Tight binding (NO cracks); sharp corners (NO bumps or curls); NO remainder marks; NO previous owner names. Clean text. Gift-giving quality or keep it to continually inspire yourself.

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Titre: Letters to a Young Activist (Art of Mentoring Series)
�diteur: Basic Books / Perseus Books Group, New York
Date de parution: 2003
Langue: anglais
ISBN � 10 chiffres: 0465027385
ISBN � 13 chiffres: 9780465027385
Reliure: Hardcover
�dition: 1st Edition
Impression: 1st Printing
�tat de l'article: Fine
�tat de la jaquette: As New

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"Be original. See what happens." So Todd Gitlin advises the young mind burning to take action to right the wrongs of the world but also looking for bearings, understanding, direction, and practical examples.In Letters to a Young Activist, Todd Gitlin looks back at his eventful life, recalling his experience as president of the formidable Students for a Democratic Society in the '60s, contemplating the spirit of activism, and arriving at some principles of action to guide the passion and energy of those wishing to do good. He considers the three complementary motives of duty, love, and adventure, and reflects on the changing nature of idealism and how righteous action requires realistic as well as idealistic thinking. And he looks forward to an uncertain future that is nevertheless full of possibility, a future where patriotism and intelligent skepticism are not mutually exclusive.Gitlin invites the young activist to enter imaginatively into some of the dilemmas, moral and practical, of being a modern citizen--the dilemmas that affect not only the problems of what to think but also the problems of what to love and how to live.

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