'Phenomenal ... Offers us possibilities for rescuing the concept of
democracy from its fatal entanglement with racial, heteropatriarchal
capitalism'—Angela Y. Davis 'Embraces the unruliness of collective
struggle, and recognizes freedom not as a destination but
practice—an abolitionist, feminist, anticapitalist, antiracist,
radically inclusive practice'—Robin D.G. Kelley, author of Freedom
Dreams 'A compelling and inspiring book that belongs in our movements
and our classrooms'—Chandra Talpade Mohanty, author of Feminism
Without Borders 'An elegantly written masterpiece'—Barbara Ransby,
author of Making All Black Lives Matter Become Ungovernable is a
provocative new work of political thought setting out to reclaim
“freedom”, “justice”, and “democracy”, revolutionary ideas
that are all too often warped in the interests of capital and the
state. Revealing the mirage of mainstream democratic thought and the
false promises of liberal political ideologies, H.L.T. Quan offers an
alternative approach: an abolition feminism drawing on a kaleidoscope
of refusal praxes, and on a deep engagement with the Black Radical
Tradition and queer analytics. With each chapter anchored by episodes
from the long history of resistance and rebellions against tyranny,
Quan calls for us to take up a feminist ethic of living rooted in the
principles of radical inclusion, mutuality and friendship as part of
the larger toolkit for confronting fascism, white supremacy, and the
neoliberal labor regime. H.L.T. Quan is a political theorist,
award-winning filmmaker and Associate Professor of Justice and Social
Inquiry in the School of Social Transformation at Arizona State
University. Quan is the author of Growth Against Democracy and
editor of Cedric J. Robinson.
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An Abolition Feminist Ethic for Democratic Living
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780745349121
Publisert
2023
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Vendor
Pluto Press
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Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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