| The ballet tells the story of the slave-leader Spartacus who incites his fellow slaves to revolt against their Roman oppressors. |
| The theoretical perspectives cited in the book are primarily about how oppressed groups have resisted their oppressors. |
| By concentrating all evil in the oppressors, it absolves the victims from examining their own failings. |
| Many of their folk heroes achieved their status through courageous battles with oppressors. |
| Dualism is a tool of oppressors, fundamentalists and the morally righteous. |
| Democratization also may embolden formerly subjugated groups to lash out at their one-time oppressors. |
