Edité par Boston: Beacon, 1994, 1994
Vendeur : Steven Wolfe Books, Newton Centre, MA, Etats-Unis
Bell, Derrick, 1930-2011. Confronting authority: reflections of an ardent protester. Boston: Beacon, 1994, xiv, 195pp., PAPERBACK, 3 lines underlined with a ruler in blue ink on page 8, otherwise very good as reader appears to have given up after the introduction. Derrick Bell reflects on his protest and dismissal from his tenured posiion at Harvard rather than end his protest over the law school's continuing failure to grant tenture to any women of color. He offers an explanation of why people challenge authority when there is little hope of gain and after considerable risk. He argues that those who speak out are moved less by anger than by a deep sense of the fragility of self-worth. 9780807009277 ISBN 080700927X.