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The radical imagination : social movement research in the age of austerity / Max Haiven and Alex Khasnabish.

by Haiven, Max, 1981-

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Fernwood Publishing ; Zed Books, 2014.

Social movements.

9781780329017 (pbk., Zed Books)

9781780329024 (hc., Zed Books)

9781552666937 (pbk., Fernwood)

272 p. ; 22 cm.

The idea of the imagination is as evocative as it is elusive. Not only does the imagination allow us to project ourselves beyond our physical and temporal limits, it also allows us to envision the future, individually and collectively. 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 questions at a crucial time. As we enter into a new cycle of struggles scholar-activists Khasnabish and Haiven explore the processes and possibilities for cultivating the radical imagination in dark times. A lively, accessible and timely intervention that breaks new ground in speaking to radical politics, social research, social change, and the collective visions that inspire them. Max Haiven is a post-doctoral fellow in the Department of Art and Public Policy at New York University, and teaches at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design in Halifax. Alex Khasnabish is an assistant professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Mount Saint Vincent University in Halifax.

Khasnabish, Alex, 1976-

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