Wrestling with the Angel of Democracy: On Being an American Citizen

Authors: Griffin, Susan
Publisher: Shambhala
BISAC/Subject: BIO022000, HIS036000, PHI010000
ISBN: 9780834825741, Related ISBNs: 0834825740, 1590302974, 1590307062, 9780834825741, 9781590302972
Classification: Non-Fiction
Number of pages: 304,
Audience: General/trade
Synopsis: What does is it mean to be a citizen of the United States? Susan Griffin’s provocative investigation of that question takes us from the Declaration of Independence to the Iraq War, with many stops in between. Her conclusion: democracy is nothing less than a revolution of consciousness, and the revolution has just begun.
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