An ordinary person’s guide to empire

436 Pages·2005·13.05 MB·English

by  Arundhati Roy

Arundhati Roy
An ordinary person's guide to
PENGUIN BOOKS
AN ORDINARY PERSON'S GUIDE TO EMPIRE
Arundhati Roy is the author of The God of Small Things,
which won the booker Prize in 1997. Her first volume of
non-fiction' Writing, The Algebra of Infinite justice, was
published by Penguin India in 2001. She lives in New Delhi.
By the author
The God ofSmall Things
The Algebra ofInfiniteJustice
In Which Annie Gives It Those Ones (Screenplay)
an ordinary person's
guide to empire
arundhati roy
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To those who believe in resistance, who Hue
between hope and impatience and have learned
the perils ofbeing reasonable.
To those who understand enough to be afraid and
yet retain theirfury.
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contents
ahimsa 1
come September 11
the loneliness of noam chomsky 45
confronting empire 75
peace is war 87
an ordinary person's guide to empire 1 13
instant-mix imperial democracy
(buy one, get one free) 135
when the saints go marching out 171
in memory of shankar guha niyogi 185
do turkeys enjoy thanksgiving? 193
how deep shall we dig? 21
the road to harsud 241
public power in the age of empire 279
peace and the new corporate liberation 327
theology
notes 353
publisher's note 405
index 401