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In the struggle for a better world, setbacks are inevitable. Defeat may sometimes seem overwhelming, but it must be endured. So, how do people on the front line persevere? To answer this question, Hannah Proctor draws on historical resources to discover how revolutionaries and activists of the past maintained hope.
The study examines disillusioned former Communards exiled in a penal colony in the South Pacific, exhausted Bolsheviks recovering in sanatoria after the October Revolution, a former fighter in analyses recounting dreams of devastated landscapes, Chinese peasants engaging in self-criticism sessions, a political organizer seeking advice from a spiritual healer, civil rights movement activists battling fatigue, and a group of feminists filling a room with mattresses to scream about patriarchy.
Rejecting self-help narratives and individual therapeutic speeches, Proctor offers a different perspective - neither denial nor despair. Her clear exploration of how fighters have made sense of their exhaustion shows that it is possible to grieve and organize simultaneously, without any compromise.
Pages: 272, Year of Publication: 0604, Dimensions: 15.3x15.3cm
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- Publisher
- Verso Books
- Subtitle
- -
- Number of Pages
- 272
- Release Date
- -
- Publication Date
- 2024
- Dimensions
- 0.1x0.1 cm
- Language
- English
- Cover
- Soft
- ISBN-13
- 9781839766053
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