Description
| Product ID: | 9780230117273 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | The Politics of Intersectionality |
| Title: | Social Change and Intersectional Activism |
| Subtitle: | The Spirit of Social Movement |
| Authors: | Author: Sharon Doetsch-Kidder |
| Page Count: | 276 |
| Subjects: | Development studies, Development studies, Social and political philosophy, Gender studies, gender groups, Sociology, Politics and government, Political science and theory, Social & political philosophy, Gender studies, gender groups, Sociology, Politics & government, Political science & theory |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Reading texts in relation to feminist, queer, and race theory and Buddhist philosophy, this book argues that an understanding of spirit is critical to explaining the power that social movements have to change hearts, minds, and social structures. Social Change and Intersectional Activism: The Spirit of Social Movement finds in oral histories of ''intersectional activism'' - activism that addresses multiple forms of oppression or discrimination (racism, classism, sexism, etc.) - narratives of love, faith, and joy that drive, guide, and sustain the practice of social change. Reading these texts in relation to feminist, queer, and race theory and Buddhist philosophy, Doetsch-Kidder argues that an understanding of spirit is crucial to explaining the power that social movements have to change hearts, minds, and social structures and to understanding the ways in which leaders of social change organizations influence others. Focusing on the best of what activists do, this project draws from their stories lessons and reminders about the pleasures and wonders of social change and the power of kindness and principled action in the face of injustice. |
| Imprint Name: | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Publisher Name: | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2012-05-17 |
