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Death of the Liberal Class Paperback – November 29, 2011

by Chris Hedges (Author)

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For decades the liberal class was a defense against the worst excesses of power. But the pillars of the liberal class -- the press, universities, the labor movement, the Democratic Party, and liberal religious institutions -- have collapsed. In its absence, the poor, the working class, and even the middle class no longer have a champion.

In this searing polemic Chris Hedges indicts liberal institutions, including his former employer, the New York Times, who have distorted their basic beliefs in order to support unfettered capitalism, the national security state, globalization, and staggering income inequalities. Hedges argues that the death of the liberal class created a profound vacuum at the heart of American political life. And now speculators, war profiteers, and demagogues -- from militias to the Tea Party -- are filling the void.
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  1. Print length
    258 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Nation Books
  4. Publication date
    November 29, 2011
  5. Grade level
    11 and up
  6. Reading age
    13 years and up
  7. Dimensions
    5.5 x 0.65 x 8.25 inches
  8. ISBN-10
    1568586795
  9. ISBN-13
    978-1568586793
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Chris Hedges is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist. He spent nearly two decades as a correspondent in Central America, the Middle East, Africa, and the Balkans, with fifteen years at the New York Times. He is the author of numerous bestselling books, including Empire of Illusion; Death of the Liberal Class; War is a Force that Gives Us Meaning; and Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt, which he co-wrote with Joe Sacco. He writes a weekly column for the online magazine Truthdig. He lives in Princeton, New Jersey.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Nation Books
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ November 29, 2011
  • Edition ‏ : ‎ First Trade Paper Edition
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 258 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1568586795
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1568586793
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.31 pounds
  • Reading age ‏ : ‎ 13 years and up
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 0.65 x 8.25 inches
  • Grade level ‏ : ‎ 11 and up
  • Best Sellers Rank: #414,576 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Chris Hedges is a cultural critic and author who was a foreign correspondent for nearly two decades for The New York Times, The Dallas Morning News, The Christian Science Monitor and National Public Radio. He reported from Latin American, the Middle East, Africa and the Balkans. He was a member of the team that won the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting for The New York Times coverage of global terrorism, and he received the 2002 Amnesty International Global Award for Human Rights Journalism. Hedges, who holds a Master of Divinity from Harvard Divinity School, is the author of the bestsellers American Fascists: The Christian Right and the War on America, Empire of Illusion: The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle and was a National Book Critics Circle finalist for his book War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning. He is a Senior Fellow at The Nation Institute and writes an online column for the web site Truthdig. He has taught at Columbia University, New York University, Princeton University and the University of Toronto.