The book explores, in interview format, issues raised but not fully explored by Scott’s poem Coming to Jakarta on the 1965 Indonesian massacre. In addition, Scott reflects on ways that poetry can serve as a non-violent higher politics, contributing to the evolution of human culture and thus our "second nature."
The book explores, in interview format, issues raised but not fully explored by Scott’s poem Coming to Jakarta on the 1965 Indonesian massacre. In addition, Scott reflects on ways that poetry can serve as a non-violent higher politics, contributing to the evolution of human culture and thus our "second nature."
Peter Dale Scott, a former Canadian diplomat and professor emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley, is a leading political analyst and poet. His most recent books are The Road to 9/11: Wealth, Empire, and the Future of America, The War Conspiracy: JFK, 9/11 and the Deep Politics of War, and Drugs, Oil, and War: The United States in Afghanistan, Colombia, and Indochina. He has been awarded the Lannan Poetry Award, and former U.S. poet laureate Robert Hass wrote that Scott's Coming to Jakarta "is the most important political poem to appear in the English language in a very long time." His website can be found at www.peterdalescott.net
Inhaltsangabe
Introduction I. INTERVIEWS WITH FREEMAN NG Introduction: The Stream One Lives By I.i-I.iii Wind-driven ghost of snow II.i-II.iii As if in a small plane II.iv-II.v The blind man's prophecy Appendix to II.iv-v "shalt lose all companions" II.vi-II.vii We who desired to prepare the soil II.viii-II.ix The world like myself II.x-II.xi Cave of winds II.xii-II.xiii Indonesia II.xiv-II.xv This world that can only be dominated II.xvi-II.xvii The ruthlessness that made possible II.xviii-III.ii Part of the enemy III.iii-III.v An ovenbird's nest III.vi-III.vii The brooding toils of energy III.viii-III.ix Like the heroes of all good tales III.x The stream one lives by III.xi-III.xii The known and unknown roadways III.xiii-III.xv Like giant doomed stars III.xvi-III.xvii The cool hissing of the bullets IV.i Beyond the mists IV.ii-IV.iii The music changing IV.iv-IV.v Those baffled eyes IV.vi Truth and nonviolence IV.vii-IV.ix Its propensity to distance IV.x-IV.xii Portending deluge IV.xiii-IV.xiv If a sentence is left dangling IV.xv ¡Djakarta se acerca! IV.xvi-IV.xviii Whirr of low wings V.i-V.ii The shadow play V.iii Let there be the courage II Trauma, Poetry, Politics, and the Mystery of Hope III America's Culpability in Indonesia, and Why We Should Acknowledge It IV "Gaps" of Consciousness; or, How Writing Coming to Jakarta Led Me to Deep Politics Preface to Chapter 5 V The CIA and the Overthrow of Sukarno, 1965-1967 Epilogue to Chapter 5 (2015) VI Catastrophe and Hope: Art and Better Politics
Introduction I. INTERVIEWS WITH FREEMAN NG Introduction: The Stream One Lives By I.i-I.iii Wind-driven ghost of snow II.i-II.iii As if in a small plane II.iv-II.v The blind man's prophecy Appendix to II.iv-v "shalt lose all companions" II.vi-II.vii We who desired to prepare the soil II.viii-II.ix The world like myself II.x-II.xi Cave of winds II.xii-II.xiii Indonesia II.xiv-II.xv This world that can only be dominated II.xvi-II.xvii The ruthlessness that made possible II.xviii-III.ii Part of the enemy III.iii-III.v An ovenbird's nest III.vi-III.vii The brooding toils of energy III.viii-III.ix Like the heroes of all good tales III.x The stream one lives by III.xi-III.xii The known and unknown roadways III.xiii-III.xv Like giant doomed stars III.xvi-III.xvii The cool hissing of the bullets IV.i Beyond the mists IV.ii-IV.iii The music changing IV.iv-IV.v Those baffled eyes IV.vi Truth and nonviolence IV.vii-IV.ix Its propensity to distance IV.x-IV.xii Portending deluge IV.xiii-IV.xiv If a sentence is left dangling IV.xv ¡Djakarta se acerca! IV.xvi-IV.xviii Whirr of low wings V.i-V.ii The shadow play V.iii Let there be the courage II Trauma, Poetry, Politics, and the Mystery of Hope III America's Culpability in Indonesia, and Why We Should Acknowledge It IV "Gaps" of Consciousness; or, How Writing Coming to Jakarta Led Me to Deep Politics Preface to Chapter 5 V The CIA and the Overthrow of Sukarno, 1965-1967 Epilogue to Chapter 5 (2015) VI Catastrophe and Hope: Art and Better Politics
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