Confronting injustice
Subtitle: social activism in the age of individualism
By: Umair Muhammad
Publisher: Haymarket Books
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Chicago, IL
Language: eng
Number of pages: 200
ISBN-13: 9781608465705
Subjects: History; Equality; Social aspects; Social change; Capitalism; Anti-globalization movement; Environmentalism; Individualism; Social movements
Other titles: Social activism in the age of individualism
Description: According to recent estimates 400,000 people die every year as a result of human-made global warming. The UN projects that 3 billion additional people may be pushed into extreme poverty by 2050 because of environmental destruction. The scale of the problems we face makes it clear that individualist, lifestyle-centric approaches to activism will not suffice. We need to change the structures of our social system, not our light bulbs. This book seeks to expose the structural roots of the injustices we must confront, and outlines an approach to activism which transcends the hopeless individualism of our time.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.