Eclipse Of Freedom: The World Of Oppression [Hardcover]

Eclipse of Freedom unravels the dynamics of oppression that frustrates human aspiration, highlights policy linkages that explain unwarranted misery, assesses the human damage caused by dysfunctional social policies and fragmented services, and identifies a progressive mechanism of social transformation. Brij Mohan posits social theory and the human condition in a post-material context that emphasizes peace, justice, and equality as biodiverse needs of the human family. The focus of the study is the structure of oppression: racism, sexism, ageism, classism, as well as poverty, AIDS, homelessness, and other scourges that affect the alienated underclass. Mohan rejects the New World Order as a perversion of Nietzschean logic and challenges scientists, philosophers, and policymakers to think critically and to act responsibly in search of universal freedom.BRIJ MOHAN is a Professor at the School of Social Work at Louisiana State University. He is the author of eight books, includingGlobal Development(Praeger, 1992), and the founding editor of theJournal of International and Comparative Social Welfare.

Preface
Introduction
New Tribalism and Human Oppression
The Archeology of Human Oppression
Diversity and Conflict: Multiculturalism and Its Ethos
The Crisis of the American Dream
Transformation of Social Reality
Reshaping the Human Reality
Global Welfare in the New World Order
Post-Material Praxis
Social Policy and Human Justice
Post-Material Praxis: Deconstruction of Social Reality
Epilogue: Beyond the Democracy of Unfreedom
Bibliography
Index