Growing up absurd : problems of youth in the organized society
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New York : New York Review Books, [2012].
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xxv, 279 pages ; 21 cm.
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Location | Call Number | Status |
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Western Wy Community College - Hay Library - Main Collection | 305.235 G591G 2012 | On Shelf |
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New York : New York Review Books, [2012].
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Originally published: New York : Random House, [1960].
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"Paul Goodman's Growing Up Absurd was a runaway best seller when it was first published in 1960, and it became one of the defining texts of the New Left. Goodman was a writer and thinker who broke every mold and did it brilliantly -- he was a novelist, poet, and a social theorist, among a host of other things -- and the book{u2019}s surprise success established him as one of America's most unusual and trenchant critics, combining vast learning, an astute mind, utopian sympathies, and a wonderfully hands-on way with words. For Goodman, the unhappiness of young people was a concentrated form of the unhappiness of American society as a whole, run by corporations that provide employment (if and when they do) but not the kind of meaningful work that engages body and soul. Goodman saw the young as the first casualties of a humanly repressive social and economic system and, as such, the front line of potential resistance. Noam Chomsky has said, 'Paul Goodman's impact is all about us,' and certainly it can be felt in the powerful localism of today's renascent left. A classic of anarchist thought, Growing Up Absurd not only offers a penetrating indictment of the human costs of corporate capitalism but points the way forward. It is a tale of yesterday's youth that speaks directly to our common future."--Publisher's description.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Goodman, P. (2012). Growing up absurd: problems of youth in the organized society . New York Review Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Goodman, Paul, 1911-1972. 2012. Growing Up Absurd: Problems of Youth in the Organized Society. New York Review Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Goodman, Paul, 1911-1972. Growing Up Absurd: Problems of Youth in the Organized Society New York Review Books, 2012.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Goodman, Paul. Growing Up Absurd: Problems of Youth in the Organized Society New York Review Books, 2012.
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