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Through the prism of an intellectual life /

In this recently discovered, newly restored video of one of Stuart Hall's most famous lectures, Hall speaks with dazzling precision about the responsibilities of intellectuals and educators in the face of undemocratic structures of power, injustice, racism, and inequality, and lays out in the c...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: University of the West Indies (Mona, Jamaica)
Other Authors: Desgres, Rikk (director of photography.), Hall, Stuart, 1932-2014 (Speaker)
Format: Video
Language:English
Language Notes:In English with optional closed captions.
Published: Media Education Foundation, 2021.
Subjects:
Intellectuals.
Communism and society.
Politics and culture.
Culture > Study and teaching.
Historical sociology.
Hall, Stuart, > 1932-2014.
Learning and scholarship.
Social justice.
Authoritarianism.
Mass media.
Sociology.
Documentary films.
Nonfiction films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Kanopy)
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Summary:In this recently discovered, newly restored video of one of Stuart Hall's most famous lectures, Hall speaks with dazzling precision about the responsibilities of intellectuals and educators in the face of undemocratic structures of power, injustice, racism, and inequality, and lays out in the clearest possible terms a theoretical framework for dissecting and resisting authoritarian thinking without lapsing into reductive ideological simplifications. Includes an afterword with Brian Meeks, Chair of Africana Studies at Brown University.
Item Description:Title from title frames.
"Afterword by Brian Meeks."--Title frames.
Originally produced by Media Education Foundation in 2021.
Physical Description:1 online resource (1 video file) (79 minutes): sound, color
Production Credits:Film director, producer, editor, Sut Jhally.