Solidarity : the past, present, and future of a world-changing idea / Leah Hunt-Hendrix and Astra Taylor.
2024
HM717 .H86 2024
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Title
Solidarity : the past, present, and future of a world-changing idea / Leah Hunt-Hendrix and Astra Taylor.
Author
Hunt-Hendrix, Leah, author.
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
9780593701249 (hardcover)
0593701240
9780593701256 (ebk)
0593701240
9780593701256 (ebk)
Published
New York : Pantheon Books, [2024]
Language
English
Description
xxxv, 391 pages ; 25 cm.
Call Number
HM717 .H86 2024
System Control No.
(OCoLC)1379220585
Summary
"From renowned organizers and activists Leah Hunt-Hendrix and Astra Taylor, comes the first in-depth examination of Solidarity-not just as a rallying cry, but as potent political movement with potential to effect lasting change. Solidarity is often invoked, but it is rarely analyzed and poorly understood. Here, two leading activists and thinkers survey the past, present, and future of the concept across borders of nation, identity, and class to ask: how can we build solidarity in an era of staggering inequality, polarization, violence, and ecological catastrophe? Offering a lively and lucid history of the idea-from Ancient Rome through the first European and American socialists and labor organizers, to twenty-first century social movements like Occupy Wall Street and Black Lives Matter-Hunt-Hendrix and Taylor trace the philosophical debates and political struggles that have shaped the modern world. Looking forward, they argue that a clear understanding of how solidarity is built and sustained, and an awareness of how it has been suppressed, is essential to warding off the many crises of our present: right-wing backlash, irreversible climate damage, widespread alienation, loneliness, and despair. Hunt-Hendrix and Taylor insist that solidarity is both a principle and a practice, one that must be cultivated and institutionalized, so that care for the common good becomes the central aim of politics and social life"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 320-369) and index.
Formatted Contents Note
The origins of a debt
Us vs. them
Power in numbers
Divide and conquer
The problem with charity
A solidarity state
Solidarity beyond borders
Solidarity and the sacred
Conclusion: the virtues of solidarity.
Us vs. them
Power in numbers
Divide and conquer
The problem with charity
A solidarity state
Solidarity beyond borders
Solidarity and the sacred
Conclusion: the virtues of solidarity.
Added Author
Taylor, Astra, author.
Available in Other Form
Online version: Hunt-Hendrix, Leah. Solidarity First edition. New York : Pantheon Books, [2024]
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