{"product_id":"the-evidence-of-things-not-said-9780801437519","title":"The Evidence of Things Not Said","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Evidence of Things Not Said\u003c\/i\u003e employs the rich essays of James Baldwin to interrogate the politics of race in American democracy. Lawrie Balfour advances the political discussion of Baldwin's work, and regards him as a powerful political thinker...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn asking political theorists and literary critics alike to read Baldwin as a political analyst, \u003ci\u003eThe Evidence of Things Not Said\u003c\/i\u003e usefully holds a mirror to our methodologies and to their relation to racial injustice itself.\u003c\/p\u003e -- Priscilla Wald * The Review of Politics *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis examination of James Baldwin's essays explores his contribution to political theory.... The book concludes with a discussion of Baldwin's complicated relation with language and a consideration of his significance in the political landscape of the 21st century.\u003c\/p\u003e * Journal of Social Work Education *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis sensitive, superbly written book teaches that social criticism must make people face their deepest fears and renounce comfort and security as selfish illusions.\u003c\/p\u003e * American Political Science Review *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eA worthy reexamination of the works of a powerful writer.\u003c\/p\u003e -- Vanessa Bush * Booklist *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eBalfour focuses on Baldwin's essays... with the acknowledged intent of tracing the trajectory of continuity throughout.... The first chapter serves as a lengthy background.... Subsequent chapters... offer new critical insights and approaches to Baldwin's essays, a genre that many critics have labeled his best and most significant writing.\u003c\/p\u003e * Choice *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eBalfour... has written an unusual, complex analysis of novelist and essayist James Baldwin (1924-87) as a political theorist.... Intriguing.\u003c\/p\u003e * Library Journal *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSpeaking of race; \"a most disagreeable mirror\"; blessed are the victims?; presumptions of innocence; the living word; Baldwin and the search for a majority.","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405125230935,"sku":"9780801437519","price":97.2,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780801437519.jpg?v=1730488786","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-evidence-of-things-not-said-9780801437519","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}