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Enemy of the People (Hardcover)
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Enemy of the People (Hardcover)
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Loot Price R219
Discovery Miles 2 190
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Environmentalist, activist, and attorney Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
contributes a foreword to this Skyhorse edition of Norwegian
playwright Henrik Ibsen's renowned 1882 play. Regarded as one of
the foremost playwrights of the nineteenth century, Henrik Ibsen
tells the story of the idealist Doctor Thomas Stockmann, the
medical officer of a recently opened spa in a small town in
southern Norway, who finds that the water is seriously
contaminated. He notifies members of the community and initially
receives support and thanks for the discovery. Threatened by the
possible impact of such a revelation, his brother, the town mayor,
conspires with local politicians and the newspaper to suppress the
story and pressure Dr. Stockmann to retract his statements. At a
public meeting, an attempt is made to keep Dr. Stockmann from
speaking, but he launches into a tirade condemning the corruption
of the town and the tyranny of the majority. Finding his speech
offensive, he is shouted down by the masses and reviled as "an
enemy of the people." In his foreword, Kennedy alerts readers to
the undeniable fact that the persecution of those who tell
uncomfortable truths, which Ibsen described over one hundred years
ago, continues to this day and is as relevant now as ever. We face
environmental deregulation and degradation, politicians in
lobbyists' pockets, attacks on facts that are agreed upon by
reputable scientists, corporate funded and controlled research, and
attempts to impede and suppress whistleblowers. The battle
continues and Kennedy joins Ibsen on the front lines.
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