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- Als je waar ook ter wereld zou kunnen zijn, waar zou je dan willen zijn ?- Precies waar ik nu ben. Zo begint een interview met Michael Foley, die ons leert onze wereld te aanvaarden. In Absurde overvloed stelde hij de vraag: hoe komt het dat we zelden nastreven waar we gelukkig van worden? Ruimte, tijd, stilte, daarbij vaart de mens wel, maar we zoeken de drukte op en hebben altijd haast.In Lang leve het gewone formuleert hij een antwoord. In het voetspoor van kunstenaars, filosofen en psychologen beschrijft hij wat de moeite waard kan zijn in ons gewone leven. 'Doe maar gewoon, dan doe je al gek genoeg,' wordt er wel eens gezegd. Foley laat zien dat dit een zeer inspirerende aanmoediging kan zijnBron : http://www.bol.com

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"An on-the-ground history of ordinary Americans who took to the streets when political issues became personal. It is widely believed that Americans of the 1970s and '80s were exhausted by the upheavals of the '60s and eager to retreat to the private realm. When they did take action, it was mainly to express their disillusionment with government by supporting the right. In fact, as Michael Stewart Foley shows, neither of these assumptions is correct. On the community level, the 1970s and '80s saw vibrant new forms of political activity emerge. Tenants challenged landlords, farmers practiced civil disobedience to protect their land, and laid-off workers asserted a right to own their idled factories. Activists fought to defend the traditional family or to expand the rights of women, while entire towns organized to protest the toxic sludge in their basements. In all these arenas, Americans were propelled by their own experiences into the public sphere. Disregarding conventional ideas of "left" and "right," they turned to political action when they perceived an immediate threat to the safety and security of their families, homes, or dreams. Front Porch Politics is a people's history told through on-the-ground experiences. Recalling crusades famous and forgotten, Foley shows how Americans followed their outrage into the streets. Their distinctive style of visceral, local, and highly personal activism remains a vital resource for the renewal of American democracy"--

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