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Hope In The Dark
- Author
- Rebecca Solnit
- Narrator
- Tanya Eby
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Publish Date
- 21 July 2011
- Run Time
- 5 hours 36 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- History, Philosophy
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This exquisite work traces a history of activism and social change over the past five decades - from the fall of the Berlin Wall to the worldwide marches against the war in Iraq. Hope in the Dark is a paean to optimism in the uncertainty of the twenty-first century. Tracing the footsteps of the last century's thinkers - including Woolf, Gandhi, Borges, Benjamin and Havel - Solnit conjures a timeless vision of cause and effect that will light our way through the dark, and lead us to profound and effective political engagement.
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Details
- Author
- Rebecca Solnit
- Narrator
- Tanya Eby
- Duration
- 5 hours 36 minutes
- Release Date
- 21 July 2011
- ISBN
- 9781786893628
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Genre
- History, Philosophy
Synopsis
At a time when political, environmental and social gloom can seem overpowering, this remarkable book offers a lucid, affirmative and well-argued case for hope. This exquisite work traces a history of activism and social change over the past five decades - from the fall of the Berlin Wall to the worldwide marches against the war in Iraq. Hope in the Dark is a paean to optimism in the uncertainty of the twenty-first century. Tracing the footsteps of the last century's thinkers - including Woolf, Gandhi, Borges, Benjamin and Havel - Solnit conjures a timeless vision of cause and effect that will light our way through the dark, and lead us to profound and effective political engagement.
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