Gerçekçi Ol, İmkânsızı İste

by Mike Davis, Utku Özmakas (Translator)

Mike Davis’in çeşitli yazılarını bir araya getiren bu seçki, öğrenci olduğunu hiç unutmayan bir öğretmenden esaslı bir muhalefet dersi alma şansını sunuyor. Arabada kornaya basarak, sokağa çıkmadan, sosyal medya profilleri üzerinden gerçekleştirilen sözde protestoların ayartıcılığına kapılmış bir kuşak için zihin açıcı bir metinler geçidi.

Sinemadan edebiyata, genç bir eylemcinin polisle ilk kez karşı karşıya kaldığında yaşadığı duygulardan savaş karşıtı hareketlere, Çin’in ekonomik büyümesinden İşgal Et hareketinin geleceğine kadar pek çok alanda slalom yapan Davis, muhalefetin ilk dersini mıh gibi aklımıza çakıyor: Gerçekçi Ol, İmkânsızı İste.

Siyasi Şeyler dizisi, Mike Davis ile açılıyor. Evet, gerçekçiyiz ve imkânsızı istiyoruz.

Genres: Politics, Philosophy

64 pages, Paperback

First published July 17, 2012

About the author

Mike Davis was a social commentator, urban theorist, historian, and political activist. He was best known for his investigations of power and social class in his native Southern California. He was the recipient of the MacArthur Fellowship and the Lannan Literary Award. He lived in San Diego.

Reviews

[Emily]

"Protest will become much more costly, and simultaneously more urgent"

A pamphlet compiled in 2011 on the Occupy movement from a veteran civil rights activist. Short, a little bit disjointed, but it is useful to look to the (even recent) past to understand our current moment.

[Gökhan Can · Rating 4 out of 5]

Amerikalı bir Activision gözünden Occupy, yoksullaşma, ekonomik ilerleyiş ve örgütlenme gerekliliği üzerine denemeler. 2011 sonunda kitaplaştırılmış. Keyifle okunan minik bir kitap

[Sarah · Rating 3 out of 5]

lovely reminder that movements are sustained by communities of people willing to help meet each other's needs... i particularly like the "ten commandments" chapter :)

[Michael Dunn · Rating 4 out of 5]

Might be a little dated since everything in it was written sometime after Occupy Wall Street and the very early days of President Obama’s first administration, but as a time capsule into the feelings of the time, it captures this era in politics quite well.

[Scott Martin · Rating 4 out of 5]

A short collection of essays about world events, meaningful at the time but maybe hard to appreciate after they have (unfortunately) faded from memory.

[Dan Sharber · Rating 4 out of 5]

mike davis has a way with words and even though many of these essays were reprinted it was great to read them all in one place. this is a useful and cheap entrance into a lot of current debates - not simply OWS and the way forward but also the role of the democrats and obama in curent politics. i recommend reading this. it's cheap and you will absolutely enjoy it and get some ideas from it.