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- Paul Nevins announces the publication of an important, timely and controversial new book by him. Entitled The Politics of Selfishness: How John Locke’s Legacy Is Paralyzing America the book examines American culture from the perspective of political theory. The questions asked include: Are the political and legal systems of this country on the verge of implosion? Why can’t self-regulation of the market economy work? Why are American labor unions and employees virtually powerless to effect change in the workplace? Why has economic inequality continued to grow and poverty become intractable in the United States? Why do lobbyists and special interests now exercise disproportionate influence over public policy? Why is America’s public education system dysfunctional and why does it fail to educate our citizens in contrast to Western Europe? Why is lawlessness so pervasive in this country?
The book examines the reasons for the inability of the political system of the United States to address, in any meaningful way, the problems which underlie the questions asked, despite the evidence of widespread suffering, disillusionment and anxiety among the American populace. Nevins’ book also predicts, based upon the existing evidence which is examined, that, if left uncorrected, things are likely to get even worse.
The Politics of Selfishness provides compelling historic and contemporary evidence that our institutions, at all levels, are failing because of our uncritical embrace of the anti-social individualism which is John Locke’s legacy. As such, the book documents the malaise so evocatively described by Jonathan Franzen in his most recent work of fiction, Freedom: The Novel.
Paul L. Nevins of Boston has been a trial attorney in private practice since 1982. His areas of concentration include public and private sector employment law and litigation, related civil rights and constitutional law claims, business disputes, and related tort and contract claims. He was admitted to the Massachusetts Bar, Federal District Court for Massachusetts and First Circuit Court of Appeals bars in 1982. Mr. Nevins is a member of the Massachusetts Bar Association, the American Association for Justice and the National Employment Lawyers Association ( NELA ). He is also member of the American Bar Association, and serves on their national advisory committee.
Prior to becoming a lawyer, Paul Nevins taught History and English in the Boston Public Schools from 1971 through 1982. He also taught the "National Street Law" project, and a moral development curriculum which he created based upon his work with Dr. Lawrence Kohlberg. In addition, he served as a consultant to the Education Development Center. While teaching, Mr. Nevins served as a member of the Executive Board of the Boston Teachers Union, Local 66, AFT / AFL-CIO, and as the first chairman of its desegregation committee. He was also a delegate to the Massachusetts Federation of Teachers and the American Federation of Teachers. Mr. Nevins is a former member of the Executive Board of the Citywide Education Coalition, where he served as chairman of its personnel and grievance committee.
Paul Nevins served as a conscript in the United States Army from 1968 to 1970 as a personnel specialist and as a German language translator-interpreter. In 1969, he was a founder and first chairman of GIs for Peace at Fort Bliss, Texas. This was the first organization of active duty soldiers who publicly opposed the Vietnam War.
Paul Nevins earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree with honors in 1966 from Suffolk University. He received a Master's Degree in Politics from New York University in 1968, with a concentration in Political Philosophy and Methodology of the Social Sciences. He wrote his Master's Thesis on the politics of T.H. Green. Later, in 1982, he graduated from Suffolk University Law School and received a Juris Doctor Degree.
Mr. Nevins resides in the West Roxbury neighborhood of Boston. Attorney Nevins is a member of the West Roxbury Main Streets Program, the Dean's Advisory Committee for the College of Arts and Sciences at Suffolk University, and the Alumni Board of Directors for the College of Arts and Sciences.
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- At 10:49am on October 6, 2010, Search Boston said…
- Hi Paul, welcome to Boston's Social network! We hope that you consider joining the book group to start a discussion about the Politics of Selfishness!
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