The Spirit Of Disobedience Resisting The Charms Of Fake Politics Mindless Consumption And The Culture Of Total Work Curtis White by Curtis White 9780981576909, 0981576907 instant download after payment.

        Trained relentlessly to work & consume, we make daily lifestyle decisions that promote corporate profits more than our own well-being. We also find ourselves working more, living in fragmented communities, & neglecting our most basic spiritual & political values. As Curtis White puts it, “In order to live, you will be asked to do what is no good, what is absurd, trivial, demeaning, & soul killing.” Although we belong to the world’s most affluent society, somehow we never have the chance to ask: How shall we live?
        With his trademark humor & acerbic wit, White raises this impertinent question. He also debunks the conventional view that liberalism can answer it without drawing on spiritual values. Surveying American popular culture (including Office Space & The Da Vinci Code) to illustrate his points, White urges us to renew our commitment to “human fundamentals” as articulated by Henry David Thoreau-especially free time, home, & food-and to reclaim Thoreau’s spirit of disobedience.
        Seeking imaginative answers to his central questions, White also interviews John De Graaf (Affluenza), James Howard Kunstler (The Long Emergency) & Michael Ableman (Fields of Plenty) about their views of the good life in our time.CURTIS WHITE has published seven earlier books of fiction, including Memories of My Father Watching TV. His non-fiction includes The Middle Mind, The Science Delusion, & We, Robots. His essays have appeared in Harper’s, the Village Voice, Orion, Salon, Tricycle, & Playboy.