"Agitation with a Smile offers a reappraisal of Howard Zinn's political thought and situates his efforts in a contemporary context, looking toward the nature of activism and dissent in the future. This is the first book to provide a substantive account and assessment of Zinn's philosophy and approach to collective action and, to a larger extent, democracy. The contributors to this book explore the most effective mechanisms by which to a ..."
"See, e.g., the case of Professor William Cronon at the University of Wisconsin–
Madison (Sulzberger 2011). 74. Schuessler (2012). 75. Schrecker (2010). 76.
Bousquet (2008). 77. We might add that (over)specialization in the social
sciences has led to a decline of the generalist intellectual tradition to which Zinn
belonged. As a result, campusbased scholars are often less useful to the outside
world than they once were because they p ..."
"Agitation with a Smile offers a reappraisal of Howard Zinn's political thought and situates his efforts in a contemporary context, looking toward the nature of activism and dissent in the future. This is the first book to provide a substantive account and assessment of Zinn's philosophy and approach to collective action and, to a larger extent, democracy. The contributors to this book explore the most effective mechanisms by which to a ..."
"Afterword. Howard. Zinn's. Legacy. of. Words. and. Action. Noam. Chomsky. It is
not easy for me to write a few words about Howard Zinn, the great American
activist and historian.1 He was a very close friend. Our families were very close
too. His wife, Roz, who died not long before him, was also a marvelous person
and close friend. Also somber is the realization that a whole generation seems to
be disappearing, including several oth ..."