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Franz Schurmann with a Foreword by Richard Rodriguez |
AMERICAN SOUL | ||
AMERICAN
SOUL
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A leading historian’s provocative personal journey and probing look at
the state of America as we enter the next millennium.
“The scope and grandeur of American Soul are surpassed only by
its feet-on-the-ground accessibility. Schurmann points the way to the
next millennium where — surprise — a compassionate spirituality awaits
us.” “Welcome to the twenty-first century! If Schurmann is correct, we may
all live to see better days. Intuitive, informed, passionate, his American
Soul is a new kind of book for a new way of thinking.” American Soul delves into our collective psyche and calls for a reinvigoration of the life of the spirit, both in society and in the individual. Looking out on the world from the edge of the Pacific at the end of the century, Schurmann draws on the lessons of history to provide a thoughtful compass for navigating the next millennium. |
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FRANZ SCHURMANN is a sinologist, historian, and sociologist. He has taught at the University of California, Berkeley, for more than thirty years. Among his books are Ideology and Organization in Communist China and The Logic of World Power: An Inquiry into the Origins, Currents, and Contradictions of World Politics. | ||
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RICHARD RODRIGUEZ is the author of Hunger of Memory, Mexico’s Children, and Days of Obligation: An Argument with My Mexican Father. He is an editor at Pacific News Service, and a contributing editor for Harper's Magazine, U.S. News & World Report, and the Sunday "Opinion" section of the Los Angeles Times. Richard received a 1997 George Foster Peabody Award for his "NewsHour Essays on American Life." His awards include the Frankel Medal from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the International Journalism Award from the World Affairs Council of California. He lives in San Francisco.
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