Hope in the Dark: Untold Histories, Wild Possibilities
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| Rating | : | 4.53 (822 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B01N4NZT7J |
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| Number of Pages | : | 302 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-05-19 |
| Language | : | English |
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Rebecca Solnit is the best thing going today. If you have any interest in writing, in the personal essay, in beautiful sentences, in thoughtful observations -- then you can't avoid Rebecca Solnit.She has created a genre all of her own, something very few writers can even dream of doing. It just isn't possible to write better than she does.She has made me fal. Wonderful, convincing, convicting read! Everyone flirting with despair over the election ofTrump can find new space in which to breathe, to take deep, refreshing breath and start again in the necessary work of hope. There is always too much at stake for those who look for a better world in which to live, for any of us to give in or give up.. Excellent - gives an uncommon perspective on activism as a Excellent - gives an uncommon perspective on activism as a journey rather than as an attempt to gain utopia. See activism as a failure when we don't reach all of our goals, keeps us from celebrating our successes, even when they are less than our goals, and this leaves us uninspired to continue what has been good
With Hope in the Dark, Rebecca Solnit makes a radical case for hope as a commitment to act in a world whose future remains uncertain and unknowable. Originally published in 2004, now with a new foreword and afterword, Solnit's influential book shines a light into the darkness of our time in an unforgettable new edition.. Drawing on her decades of activism and a wide knowledge of environmental, cultural, and political history, Solnit argues that radicals have a long, neglected history of transformative victories, that the positive consequences of our acts are not always immediately seen, directly knowable, or even measurable, and that pessimism and despair rest on an unwarranted confidence about what is going to happen next