Thomas Anderson has just graduated from CSU Stentoria, with his
degree in Political Science. It's an election year, and as a young
"progressive" in California who has been raised by equally
progressive parents, he is very much concerned with the political
issues currently being discussed in the mass media.
A chance encounter with a fellow graduate named Kelly Kelso,
however, shakes up his sett led view of the world. He is challenged
to examine the rising number of alternatives to the two-party
system presented by "third party" movements such as the Libertarian
Party and the Green Party, and is forced to acknowledge that there
is far more to politics than simply Democrat versus Republican, and
liberal versus conservative.
Thomas delves energetically into not only the growing
Libertarian movement, but the free market perspective of the
Austrian School of economics, as well as the rigid yet compelling
view of Ayn Rand's philosophy of Objectivism. His explorations grow
wider, now encompassing the Tea Party movement and the Christi an
Right; tax resisters and gun rights advocates; survivalists and
militia members; anarchists, communists, and Democratic Socialists;
as well as the Occupy Wall Street movement.
He debates the radical environmental views of animal welfare and
animal rights advocates, and challenges opponents of corporate
globalism as well as deniers of global warming, as he struggles to
reformulate and articulate his own developing beliefs, while coping
with a sea of conflicting ideas and opposition.
But this abstract political theory is brought into sharp
encounter with concrete political reality, when Thomas hears a news
report of an armed conflict with authorities taking place just
outside of town, involving someone with whom he has become
emotionally involved...
General
Imprint: |
Iuniverse, Inc.
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
November 2012 |
First published: |
November 2012 |
Authors: |
Steven H Propp
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 43mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover - Sewn / Cloth over boards / With dust jacket
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Pages: |
708 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-4759-5872-0 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General & literary fiction >
Modern fiction
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LSN: |
1-4759-5872-2 |
Barcode: |
9781475958720 |
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