The radical imagination : social movement research in the age of austerity /

The radical imagination : social movement research in the age of austerity /

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Author / Creator:Haiven, Max, author.
Imprint:London, England : Zed Books, 2014.
©2014
Description:1 online resource (282 pages)
Language:English
Subject:
Sociology.
Social problems.
Sociology -- Philosophy.
Social problems.
Sociology.
Sociology -- Philosophy.
Electronic books.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11274614
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Other authors / contributors:Khasnabish, Alex, author.
ISBN:9781780329031
1780329032
9781780329048
1780329040
9781780329024
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed June 20, 2014).
Summary:The idea of the imagination is as evocative as it is elusive. Not only does the imagination allow us to project ourselves beyond our own immediate space and time, it also allows us to envision the future, as individuals and as collectives. The radical imagination, then, is that spark of difference, desire and discontent that can be fanned into the flames of social change. Yet what precisely is the imagination and what might make it 'radical'? How can it be fostered and cultivated? How can it be studied and what are the possibilities and risks of doing so? This book seeks to answer these questi.
Other form:Print version: Haiven, Max. Radical imagination : social movement research in the age of austerity. London, England : Zed Books, ©2014 272 pages 9781780329024
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction. The importance of the radical imagination in dark times
  • Part I. Solidarity research. The methods of movements : academic crisis and activist strategy
  • Convoking the radical imagination
  • Part II. Dwelling in the hiatus. The crisis of reproduction
  • Reimagining success and failure
  • Part III. Making space, making time. The life and times of radical movements
  • The temporalities of oppression
  • Part IV. The methods of movements. Imagination, strategy and tactics
  • Towards a prefigurative methodology.

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