The Fume Of Poppies
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Good , price clipped
Markings: Previous owner
A slim but provocative work of social criticism, The Fume of Poppies presents Jonathan Kozol's impassioned argument against the moral complacency of American society, particularly as it relates to the treatment of the poor and marginalized. Written in an urgent, almost confessional tone, the work challenges readers to confront the contradictions between national ideals and lived realities for those left behind by prosperity. Kozol, long celebrated for his unflinching advocacy on behalf of disadvantaged communities, argues that the seductive comfort of middle-class life functions like an opiate, dulling the conscience and suppressing the impulse toward justice. The result is a morally charged meditation that is as much a call to action as it is a work of literary nonfiction, demanding that readers reckon honestly with their own complicity in systemic inequality.
Author: Jonathan Kozol
Format: Hardback
Published: 1959, Michael Joseph
Genre: Essays
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Good , price clipped
Markings: Previous owner
A slim but provocative work of social criticism, The Fume of Poppies presents Jonathan Kozol's impassioned argument against the moral complacency of American society, particularly as it relates to the treatment of the poor and marginalized. Written in an urgent, almost confessional tone, the work challenges readers to confront the contradictions between national ideals and lived realities for those left behind by prosperity. Kozol, long celebrated for his unflinching advocacy on behalf of disadvantaged communities, argues that the seductive comfort of middle-class life functions like an opiate, dulling the conscience and suppressing the impulse toward justice. The result is a morally charged meditation that is as much a call to action as it is a work of literary nonfiction, demanding that readers reckon honestly with their own complicity in systemic inequality.