The Great Awakening : New Modes of Life Amidst Capitalist Ruins

As we enter a time of climate catastrophe, worsening inequality, and collapsing market/state systems, can human societies transcend the old, dysfunctional paradigms and build the world anew? There are many signs of hope. In The Great Awakening, twelve cutting-edge activists, scholars, and change-mak...

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Main Authors: Anna Grear, David (0002-3913-3930) Bollier
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Published: punctum books 2020
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