This mordant collection of essays pulls no punches in its passionate concern to understand the world in which we find ourselves more than a decade after the end of the Cold War, Khan and Jacobsen bring a deep knowledge of world politics and history to their analysis and an awareness of the interplay of different levels and modes of power. They understand the subtle and not so subtle ways in which the power of the state can be bent to the interests of dominant social groups. But they also believe in the power of reason and argument to demystify these processes and to give the reader some hope for the future.
Sayeed Hassan Khan is a writer and peace activist who divides his time between Pakistan and Britain. In the 1960s he was a member of the Executive Committees for the World Assembly of Youth and the International Union of Socialist Youth. He worked with Labour MP Fenner Brockway with the British Committee to End the War in Vietnam, and the Movement for Colonial Freedom. He visited twice during the war. He lectures at amny Universities, including Bologna Pavia, Heidelburg, and Oslo. He was historical adviser to the End of Empire series on British tevevision and is a frequent guest on Radio and TV programmes.
Kurt Jacobsen is research associate in Political Science at the University of Chicago and visiting lecturer (2003-2004) in Humanities at Imperial College London. He is the author or eidtor of five books and is a frequent contributor to newspapers and periodicals in the United States, Europe, South Asia and South Africa.
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