Changing Minds: Women and the Political Essay, 1960-2000

by Ann Jurecic

Book Overview

In Changing Minds: Women and the Political Essay, 1960-2000, Ann Jurečič documents the work of five paradigm-shifting essayists who transformed American thought about urgent political issues. Rachel Carson linked science and art to explain how pesticides threatened the Earth's ecosystems. Hannah Arendt redefined "evil" for a secular age after Eichmann was tried in Jerusalem. Susan Sontag's interest in the intersection of politics...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822947978
• ISBN13: 9780822947974
• Release Date: December 2023
• Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.2" x 8.7"