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Imagination: A Manifesto

Imagination: A Manifesto Hardcover - 2024

by Benjamin, Ruha

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New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2024. First edition. Hardcover. New/New. 178pp. Octavo [22cm]. Sky blue paper over boards. Title stamped in metallic red ink on spine. "In this revelatory work, Ruha Benjamin calls on us to take imagination seriously as a site of struggle and a place of possibility for reshaping the future. A world without prisons? Ridiculous. Schools that foster the genius of every child? Impossible. Work that doesn't strangle the life out of people? Naive. A society where everyone has food, shelter, love? In your dreams. Exactly. Ruha Benjamin, Princeton University professor, insists that imagination isn't a luxury. It is a vital resource and powerful tool for collective liberation. But obstacles abound. We have inherited destructive ideas that trap us inside a dominant imagination. Consider how racism, sexism, and classism make hierarchies, exploitation, and violence seem natural and inevitable but all emerged from the human imagination. The most effective way to disrupt these deadly systems is to do so collectively. Benjamin highlights the educators, artists, activists, and many others who are refuting powerful narratives that justify the status quo, crafting new stories that reflect our interconnection, and offering creative approaches to seemingly intractable problems.
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  • Title Imagination: A Manifesto
  • Author Benjamin, Ruha
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First edition
  • Condition New
  • Pages 192
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher W.W. Norton & Company, New York
  • Date 2024
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 66524
  • ISBN 9781324020974 / 1324020970
  • Weight 0.74 lbs (0.34 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.6 x 5.9 x 0.51 in (21.84 x 14.99 x 1.30 cm)
  • Themes
    • Ethnic Orientation: African American
  • Library of Congress subjects Social change, Sociology
  • Dewey Decimal Code 153.3

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  • Kirkus Reviews, 01/01/2024, Page 0
  • Publishers Weekly, 12/18/2023, Page 0

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