Twelve Steps Toward Political Revelation

In his late teens and early twenties, Walter Mosley was addicted to alcohol and cigarettes. Drawing from this intimate knowledge of addiction and recovery, Mosley explores the deviances of contemporary America and describes a society in thrall to its own consumption. Although Americans live in the richest country on earth, many citizens exist on the brink of poverty, and from that profound economic inequality stems self-destructive behavior.

In Twelve Steps to Political Revelation, Mosley outlines a guide to recovery from oppression. First we must identify the problems that surround us. Next we must actively work together to create a just, more holistic society. And finally, power must be returned to the embrace of the people.

Challenging and original, Recovery confronts both self-understanding and how we define ourselves in relation to others.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Nation Books
Published: 04/01/2011
ISBN: 9781568586427
Pages: 112
Weight: 0.21lbs
Size: 7.48h x 5.01w x 0.33d

Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 03/01/2011
Publishers Weekly 03/14/2011
Library Journal 05/01/2011 pg. 93