"That the poor are invisible is one of the most important things about them. They are not simply neglected and forgotten as in the old rhetoric of reform; what is much worse, they are not seen."
Michael Harrington
Social justice and eco-justice related pages
"That the poor are invisible is one of the most important things about them. They are not simply neglected and forgotten as in the old rhetoric of reform; what is much worse, they are not seen."
Michael Harrington
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Water is a public resource, here young African men carry this necessity to their village homes.
defining the word:
Justice as the ideal and as the desired reality.
How do we promote a more just society? some suggested steps.
Culture
As ways to comprehend real things: A writer
about political culture argues that we must reform our culture for us to be
able to protect humans and nature alike.
The books
Postman: Amusing Ourselves
Neil Postman in Amusing Ourselves to Death writes about the death of discourse and its replacement by entertainment of the most trivial kinds.
What are the facts pertaining to the meanings of ecology, justice, and Neil Postman's criticisms?
Overview: is the contents of the book.
Susan Sontag wrote about the way in which artistic and photographic representations of war either influence us to see, or to hide from reality.
her argument
property
rights discussed:
social
stratification and wealth:
Ten lessons of Postman & Sontag.
the subject index
