Dialogues

Berkeley, CA: Berkeley Hills Books, 1998. Second Printing [stated]. Trade paperback. 309, [3] pages. Interview Dates. Bibliography. Signed by author on half-title page. Edmund Gerald Brown Jr. (born April 7, 1938) is an American politician, author and lawyer serving as the 39th Governor of California since 2011. Jerry Brown began his political career as a member of the Los Angeles Community College District Board of Trustees. He was elected to serve as the 23rd Secretary of State of California from 1971–1975. At 36, Brown was elected to his first term as governor in 1974, making him the youngest California governor in 111 years. In 1978, he won his second term. After traveling abroad, he returned to California and served as Chairman of the California Democratic Party (1989–1991), attempting to run for the Senate once more in 1992. After six years out of politics, Brown returned to public life, serving as Mayor of Oakland from 1999–2007, then as Attorney General of California from 2007–2011. He ran for his third and fourth terms as governor in 2010 and 2014. For three decades, Jerry Brown has been one of the most insightful and outspoken figures on the American cultural landscape. Former Governor of California and Mayor of the city of Oakland, he has reevaluated and attacked entrenched ideas, forging a political philosophy that transcends conventional boundaries. Dialogues is a collection of conversations between Brown and eighteen men and women whose ideas and activism have helped shape his vision. Ranging from the villages of India to the streets of the South Bronx, from birth centers in Holland to Louisiana' s Death Row, from battlefields to Buddhist monasteries, this work explores accepted practices that undermine a just society, and proposes ways of being that can lead to a sustainable future. Condition: Very good.

Keywords: Apartheid, Jonathan Kozol, Vandana Shiva, Carl Mitcham, Friendship, Gary Snyder, Ivan Illich, Helen Prejean, Dave Grossman, Killing, Death Penalty, Donovan Webster, Peace, Thich Nhat Hanh, Globalization, Helena Norberg-Hodge, Paulo Soleri, Alice Walk

ISBN: 0965377490

[Book #75658]

Price: $75.00

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