Death Of The Liberal Class

BY CHRIS HEDGES
The Death of the Liberal Class examines the failure of the liberal class to confront the rise of the corporate state and the consequences of a liberalism that has become profoundly bankrupted. Hedges argues there are five pillars of the liberal establishment - the press, liberal religious institutions, labor unions, universities and the Democratic Party-- and that each of these institutions, more concerned with status and privilege than justice and progress, sold out the constituents they represented. In doing so, the liberal class has become irrelevant to society at large and ultimately the corporate power elite they once served.

Nation Books 2011 248 PP. Cloth

$24.95 (in stock)

Losing Moses On The Freeway

The 10 Commandments In America

BY CHRIS HEDGES
This is an impassioned, eloquent call to heed the wisdom of the 10 Commandments. Celebrated for his courageous reporting on the crucial issues of our time, Hedges, who graduated from seminary at Harvard Divinity School, explores the challenge of living according to these moral precepts we have tried to follow, often unsuccessfully, for the past 6,000 years. The commandments, he writes, do not save us from evil. Instead they save us from committing evil. It is in the self-sacrifice championed by the commandments that integrity, commitment, and, finally, love are made possible.

Free Press 2006 224 PP. Paper

$4.00 (in stock)

War Is A Force That Gives Us Meaning

BY CHRIS HEDGES
As a War correspondent, Hedges has covered conflicts in the Middle East, the Balkans, Central America, Africa. He uses his first-hand knowledge of the horrors of war, as well as knowledge of literature from Homer to Herr , and his master of divinity from Harvard University, to reflect on the nature of human violence and myth-making. Having suffered through his own "addiction" to war, he concludes that even if we cannot eradicate fighting among nations, love remains a virtue worth pursuing.

Anchor Books 2003 211 PP. Paper

$13.95 (in stock)

When Atheism Becomes Religion

America's New Fundamentalists

BY CHRIS HEDGES
Born from the author's debates with Sam Harris and Christopher Hitchens, this book finds Hedges asserting that the so-called "new atheism" is as intolerant, chauvinistic, bigoted, anti-intellectual, and self-righteous as religious fundamentalism. In other words, a new form of an old and dangerous faith. "Liberal churches" don't get off much easier. All of these positions suffer from the same fallacy, that the human species can morally progress toward their version of utopia. Hedges considers this provocative and engaging book a call to face reality and his is surely an important voice in the debate on that state of faith is America.

Free Press 2008 185 PP. Paper

$15.00 (out of stock but can be backordered)

The World As It Is

Dispatches On The Myth Of Human Progress

BY CHRIS HEDGES
Drawing on two decades of experience as a war correspondent and based on his numerous columns for Truthdig, Chris Hedges presents The World As It Is, a panorama of America at home and abroad, from the coarsening effect of America's War on Terror to the front lines in the Middle East and South Asia and the continuing Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Underlying his reportage is a constant struggle with the nature of war and its impact on human civilization. "War is always about betrayal," Hedges notes. "It is about betrayal of the young by the old, of cynics by idealists, and of soldiers and Marines by politicians."

Nation Books 2011 368 PP. Cloth

$26.99 (in stock)