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The political world of Bob Dylan : freedom and justice, power and sin

Title
The political world of Bob Dylan : freedom and justice, power and sin / Jeff Taylor and Chad Israelson.
Author
Taylor, Jeff, 1961-
Publication
New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, [2015]

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Additional Authors
Israelson, Chad
Description
xiii, 304 pages; 23 cm
Summary
This is a definitive book on the politics of Bob Dylan. It comprehensively investigates Dylan's relationship to the social, political, and religious cultures that acted upon him and to which he reacted. Generally associated with the New Left politics of the 1960s, Dylan's political worldview transcends that narrow description. The ideas he has expressed in songs and interviews can be categorized as traditional, populist, and Christian anarchistic. From his youth in Minnesota to the present, Dylan has embodied a political view that supports the underdog, questions those in power, and subscribes to sacred, universal truths [Publisher description]
Series Statement
Critical political theory and radical practice
Uniform Title
Critical political theory and radical practice.
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-288) and index.
Contents
Bob Dylan's roots and traditional world -- Voice of a generation -- Freedom and justice -- Conversion and culture -- Christian anarchism -- Dylan and the Jesus people -- Dylanesque politics in the real world.
Call Number
JND 15-114
ISBN
  • 9781137482341
  • 1137482346
  • 9781349952298
  • 134995229X
LCCN
2015001197
OCLC
900332979
Author
Taylor, Jeff, 1961- author.
Title
The political world of Bob Dylan : freedom and justice, power and sin / Jeff Taylor and Chad Israelson.
Publisher
New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, [2015]
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
Critical political theory and radical practice
Critical political theory and radical practice.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-288) and index.
Added Author
Israelson, Chad, author.
Research Call Number
JND 15-114
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