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A review by pink_distro
Abolition Democracy: Beyond Prisons, Torture, and Empire by Angela Y. Davis
4.0
this was really great. packs a Lot of insights into a very small book. Angela Davis never throws concepts around lightly, so her analysis of amerikan 'democracy' — what it is, how it gets mobilized, its links to empire and capitalism etc — is SO thoughtful and feels tangible. her analysis of torture, how repressive racist/sexual violence operates in the current period, global capitalism, and the political discourse of the time is also very helpful.
P.S. i love interviews and collections of interviews but dear god like half of the interviewer's questions in this book were insufferable ?? he would either be totally grounded in random conservative or mainstream talking points, OR bring up some random progressive academic framework that isnt relevant at ALL and Davis would have to respond to it lol. shes constantly rejecting or hugely complicating his reductive ass questions — which works out fine for the book bc as she does that she explains some very important things. but just wow so odd ....
P.S. i love interviews and collections of interviews but dear god like half of the interviewer's questions in this book were insufferable ?? he would either be totally grounded in random conservative or mainstream talking points, OR bring up some random progressive academic framework that isnt relevant at ALL and Davis would have to respond to it lol. shes constantly rejecting or hugely complicating his reductive ass questions — which works out fine for the book bc as she does that she explains some very important things. but just wow so odd ....