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Death Blossoms de Mumia Abu-Jamal

Death Blossoms

Autor Mumia Abu-Jamal
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 17 dec 2019

Evoluția discursului despre drepturile civile și reforma sistemului judiciar a transformat scrierile din spatele gratiilor dintr-o nișă activistă într-o componentă esențială a analizei sociologice contemporane. În acest context, Death Blossoms reprezintă o mărturie profundă a rezistenței intelectuale sub presiunea iminentă a pedepsei capitale. Recomandăm această ediție extinsă publicată de City Lights Books nu doar ca document istoric, ci ca o meditație lucidă asupra condiției umane în condiții de izolare extremă.

Spre deosebire de un jurnal de detenție convențional, volumul este organizat ca o serie de eseuri scurte, poezii și reflecții care transcend experiența carcerală imediată. Autorul Mumia Abu-Jamal explorează teme fundamentale precum „The Faith of Slaves” sau „Material Life”, oferind o perspectivă critică asupra ipocriziei sociale și a vidului spiritual. Credem că valoarea acestei ediții este potențată semnificativ de includerea raportului Amnesty International, care oferă contextul factual necesar pentru a înțelege neregulile juridice ale cazului său.

Alternativă la Live from Death Row pentru cursurile de [sociologie și drepturi omului](bic_category), Death Blossoms are avantajul de a se concentra mai mult pe dimensiunea spirituală și filosofică a existenței, lăsând analiza politică directă în plan secundar pentru a face loc unei interogări existențiale profunde. Textul progresează de la observații despre stat și pedeapsa cu moartea către subiecte intime precum paternitatea („Father Hunger”) și natura divinului, demonstrând o claritate a gândirii ce survine din acceptarea propriei mortalități.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780872867970
ISBN-10: 0872867978
Pagini: 240
Dimensiuni: 129 x 177 x 22 mm
Greutate: 0.25 kg
Editura: City Lights Books

De ce să citești această carte

Această carte se adresează celor interesați de intersecția dintre spiritualitate, justiție socială și filozofie politică. Cititorul câștigă o perspectivă rară asupra modului în care conștiința individuală poate rămâne liberă în ciuda captivității fizice. Este o lectură esențială pentru a înțelege rădăcinile mișcărilor de reformă judiciară din SUA, oferind un argument moral puternic împotriva pedepsei cu moartea, susținut de rigoarea unui jurnalist de investigație.

Despre autor

Mumia Abu-Jamal este un jurnalist american și activist politic, fost membru al Partidului Black Panther, a cărui condamnare la moarte în 1982 a generat o mișcare internațională de protest. În timpul deceniilor petrecute în închisoare, a devenit unul dintre cei mai cunoscuți scriitori deținuți din lume, publicând numeroase volume care analizează rasismul sistemic și complexul industrial al închisorilor. Vocea sa, formată în redacțiile radio, s-a transformat într-un simbol al rezistenței prin scris, influențând generații de activiști și academicieni prin acuratețea observației sociale și profunzimea etică.

Cuprins

Introduction to 2019 edition by Mumia Abu-Jamal
Foreword by Cornel West
Preface by Julia Wright
A Write-up for Writing
Books and the State
Capital Punishment
Remembering Moser
Politics
The Search
Thoughts on the Divine
Night of Power
Material Life
Life's Religion
Isn't It Odd?
Spirit War
Imprisonment
Christian?
Christ-like?
Miracles
The Faith of Slaves
Hope
Salt of the Earth
Community
Men of the Cloth
Hate's Unkind Counsel
Human Beings
The Spider
The Fall
Children
The Creator
Father Hunger
Mother-loss
Meeting with a Killer
Dialogue
Objectivity and the Media Violence
God-talk on Phase II
Meditations on the Cross
Holiday Thoughts
The Wisdom of John Africa
Untitled (poem)
More War for the Poor
Of Becoming
A Call to Action
Interview with Mumia
About the Author

Notă biografică

Mumia Abu-Jamal is an award-winning journalist, political activist, and author. In 1981, he was elected president of the Association of Black Journalists (Philadelphia chapter) and was a radio reporter for National Public Radio (NPR). As part of a team of reporters at WHYY, one of NPR's premier stations, he won the prestigious Major Armstrong Award from Columbia University for excellence in broadcasting.
On December 9, 1981, Abu-Jamal was shot, arrested, and charged for killing a white police officer in Philadelphia. In 1982 he was convicted and sentenced to death in a trial that Amnesty International determined "clearly failed to meet minimum international standards safeguarding the fairness of legal proceedings." After he had spent over 28 years on Death Row, in 2011 Abu-Jamal's death sentence was vacated when the Supreme Court affirmed the decisions of four federal judges who had declared his death sentence unconstitutional. He is now serving a life sentence without the possibility of parole. Throughout his decades of imprisonment, most of which was spent in solitary confinement on Death Row, Abu-Jamal has steadfastly maintained his innocence.
Abu-Jamal obtained his GED in prison in July 1992; he earned his BA from Goddard College in January 1996; he was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Law degree from the New College of California in May1996; and in 1999, he earned a Masters of Arts degree from California State University, Dominguez Hills. He is currently working on his Ph.D.
Abu-Jamal has produced radio commentaries with Prison Radio for decades, and has authored more than 10 books, including Death Blossoms, Live From Death Row, We Want Freedom, Jailhouse Lawyers, The Classroom and the Cell, Murder Incorporated, Writing on the Wall, and Have Black Lives Ever Mattered?
In late 2018, Abu-Jamal's right to appeal was reinstated by a Philadelphia judge. The ongoing fight for his freedom continues
bringmumiahome.com
prisonradio.org/mumia-info
Cornel West is a prominent and provocative democratic intellectual. He is Professor of the Practice of Public Philosophy at Harvard University and holds the title of Professor Emeritus at Princeton University. He has also taught at Union Theological Seminary, Yale, Harvard, and the University of Paris. Cornel West graduated Magna Cum Laude from Harvard in three years and obtained his M.A. and Ph.D. in Philosophy at Princeton. His books include Race Matters, Democracy Matters, Brother West, and Black Prophetic Fire.
Julia Wright is the daughter of American author Richard Wright.

Descriere

Profound meditations on life, death, freedom, family, and faith, written by radical Black journalist, Mumia Abu-Jamal, while he was awaiting his execution. "Uncompromising, disturbing . . . Abu-Jamal''s voice has the clarity and candor of a man whose impending death emboldens him to say what is on his mind without fear of consequence."--The Boston Globe "A brilliant, lucid meditation on the moral obligation of political commitment by a deeply ethical--and deeply wronged--human being. Mumia should be freed, now."--Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Alphonse Fletcher, Jr. University Professor & Director of the Hutchins Center for African & African American Research at Harvard University "A brilliant, powerful book by a prophetic writer . . . his language glows with an affirming flame."--Jonathan Kozol, author of Death at an Early Age and Rachel and Her Children Journalist and activist Mumia Abu-Jamal has been imprisoned since 1982 for the killing of a police officer, a crime he steadfastly maintained he did not commit. In 1996, after serving more than a decade on death row, and with the likelihood of execution looming, he began receiving regular visits from members of the Bruderhof spiritual community, a group of refugees from Hitler''s Germany. Inspired by these encounters, Mumia began to write a series of personal essays reflecting on his search for spiritual meaning within a society plagued by materialism, hypocrisy, and violence. "Many people say it is insane to resist the system," writes Mumia, "but actually it is insane not to." This expanded edition of Death Blossoms brings a classic, influential work back into print with a new introduction by Mumia, and includes the entire text of a groundbreaking report by Amnesty International detailing the legal improprieties and chronic injustices that marred his trial. Praise for Death Blossoms, Expanded Edition: "For years in my classrooms I have watched Death Blossoms do its luminous work. It has awakened the conscience of so many of my student readers. Once awakened, they begin to shoulder the disciplines of its revolutionary knowing, moral passion, historical precision and clarity of reason. No wonder repressive powers seek death for this prisoner of conscience. Alas for them, Mumia still lives. From streets to classrooms and back, Death Blossoms keeps opening up consciences, hearts, and minds for our revolutionary work."--Mark Lewis Taylor, Professor of Theology and Culture at Princeton Theological Seminary, and author of The Theological and the Political: On the Weight of the World "Targeted by the FBI''s COINTELPRO for his revolutionary politics, imprisoned, and sentenced to death, Mumia found freedom in resistance. His reflections here--on race, spirituality, on struggle, and life--illuminate this path to freedom for us all."--Joshua Bloom, co-author with Waldo E. Martin Jr. of Black Against Empire: The History and Politics of the Black Panther Party "In this revised edition of his groundbreaking work, Death Blossoms, convicted death row prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal tackles hard and existential questions, searching for God and a greater meaning in a caged life that may be cut short if the state has its way and takes his life. As readers follow Mumia''s journey through his poems, short essays, and longer musings, they will learn not only about this singular individual who has retained his humanity despite the ever present threat of execution, but also about themselves and our society: what we are willing to tolerate and who we are willing to cast aside. If there is any justice, Mumia will prevail in his battle for his life and for his freedom."--Lara Bazelon, author of Rectify: The Power of Restorative Justice After Wrongful Conviction "Mumia Abu-Jamal has challenged us to see the prison at the center of a long history of US oppression, and he has inspired us to keep faith with ordinary struggles against injustice under the most terrible odds and circumstances. Written more than two decades ago, Death Blossoms helps us to see beyond prison walls; it is as timely and as necessary as the day it was published."--Nikhil Pal Singh, founding faculty director of the NYU Prison Education Program, author of Race and America''s Long War "For over three decades, the words of Mumia Abu-Jamal have been tools many young activists have used to connect the dots of empire, racism, and resistance. The welcome reissue of Death Blossoms is a chance to reconnect with Abu-Jamal''s prophetic voice, one that needs to be heard now more than ever."--Hilary Moore and James Tracy, co-authors of No Fascist USA!, The John Brown Anti-Klan Committee and Lessons for Today''s Movements