{"product_id":"only-a-voice-essays-9781804292006","title":"Only a Voice: Essays","description":"\u003cb\u003eEssays on politics, power, and culture from one of America's most eminent critics\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eOnly a Voice\u003c\/i\u003e, George Scialabba examines the chasm between modernity's promise of progress and the sobering reality of our present day through studies of the most influential public intellectuals of our time. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn Scialabba's hands, literary criticism becomes a powerful tool for expressing political passion and demonstrating the generative power of argument and an inquisitive mind. Drawing together a diverse group of thinkers, artists, activists, and philosophers-including Edward Said, D. H. Lawrence, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Ellen Willis, and Noam Chomsky-Scialabba tours western intellectual history to find that no matter the stakes, critical thought remains a necessary precondition for politics. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEvery writer, Scialabba writes, faces the choice of whether \"to tilt at the state and capital or ignore them\" - and the world now is too dire not to choose the former.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGeorge Scialabba\u003c\/b\u003e is an award-winning critic and essayist whose writing has appeared in the \u003ci\u003eNation\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDissent\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBookforum\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRaritan\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003en+1\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eBoston Review\u003c\/i\u003e, among many others. He is a contributing editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Baffler\u003c\/i\u003e and the author of five previous essay collections and a memoir, \u003ci\u003eHow to Be Depressed\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Verso","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50673959993618,"sku":"9781804292006","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_422ee572-166d-4a89-a527-4632266f3c67.jpg?v=1733849235","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/only-a-voice-essays-9781804292006","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}