AS CONSCIOUSNESS IS HARNESSED TO FLESH : DIARIES 1964-1980

As Consciousness is Harnessed to Flesh reveals the inner life of Susan Sontag. P
roviding a unique insight into the mind of one of the leading intellectuals of t
he modern age, Susan Sontag's As Conscious is Harnessed to Flesh chronicles the
cultural, moral, and political journeys of this renowned critic and artist at th
e height of her powers. As Consciousness Is Harnessed to Flesh follows Sontag th
rough the turbulent years of the late 1960s - from her trip to Hanoi at the peak
of the Vietnam War to her time making films in Sweden - up to 1980, just before
the beginning of the Reagan era.



This is an invaluable record of the inner w
orkings of one of the most inquisitive and analytical thinkers of the twentieth
century at the height of her power. It is also a remarkable document of on indiv
idual's political and moral awakening.