{"product_id":"class-notes-posing-as-politics-and-other-thoughts-on-the-american-scene-9781565846753","title":"Class Notes: Posing as Politics and Other Thoughts on the American Scene","description":"\u003cp\u003eHailed by \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e for its \"forceful\" and \"bracing opinions on race and politics,\" \u003ci\u003eClass Notes\u003c\/i\u003e is critic Adolph Reed Jr.'s latest blast of clear thinking on matters of race, class, and other American dilemmas. The book begins with a consideration of the theoretical and practical strategies of the U.S. left over the last three decades: Reed argues against the solipsistic approaches of cultural or identity politics, and in favor of class-based political interpretation and action.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eClass Notes\u003c\/i\u003e moves on to tackle race relations, ethnic studies, family values, welfare reform, the so-called underclass, and black public intellectuals in essays called \"head-spinning\" and \"brilliantly executed\" by David Levering Lewis.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAdolph Reed Jr. has earned a national reputation for his controversial evaluations of American politics. These essays illustrate why people like Katha Pollitt consider Reed \"the smartest person of any race, class, or gender writing on race, class, and gender.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Reed, Adolph L.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/01\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781565846753\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 211\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.24h x 5.50w x 0.69d","brand":"Adolph L. Reed","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32962746515531,"sku":"9781565846753","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0021\/1697\/6715\/products\/img_ac2d8117-5ed1-4c21-885b-7117960721ab.jpg?v=1605737026","url":"https:\/\/blackbookstore.com\/products\/class-notes-posing-as-politics-and-other-thoughts-on-the-american-scene-9781565846753","provider":"Black Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}