Bibliograph

Emma Goldman, revolution as a way of life, Vivian Gornick

Type

Label

Emma Goldman, revolution as a way of life, Vivian Gornick

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Emma Goldman

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

704907873

Responsibility statement

Vivian Gornick

Series statement

Jewish lives

Sub title

revolution as a way of life

Summary

The story of a modern radical who took seriously the idea that inner liberation is the first business of social revolution. Her politics, from beginning to end, was based on resistance to that which thwarted the free development of the inner self. The right to stay alive in one's senses, to enjoy freedom of thought and speech, to reject the arbitrary use of power--these were key demands in the many public protest movements she helped mount. Anarchist par excellence, Goldman is one of the memorable political figures of our time, not because of her gift for theory or analysis or even strategy, but because some extraordinary force of life in her burned, without rest or respite, on behalf of human integrity--and she was able to make the thousands of people who, for decades on end, flocked to her lectures, feel intimately connected to the pain inherent in the abuse of that integrity. --From publisher description

Table Of Contents

Temperament -- In the life -- Exile -- Legacy

Classification