From the author of "Work Won't Love You Back," a poignant examination of how collective grief can ignite powerful change. Our era is a time of significant and meaningful loss, yet little time is left to acknowledge it. The losses range from the personal grief of a single COVID-related death to the planetary devastation caused by climate change, in an era of shattered hopes and expectations, with dreams diminished and ambitions dried up.
This is the death phase of capitalism. It has become clear that the cost of creating wealth for a few entails immense destruction for others, for the marginalized and the vulnerable but increasingly for all of us. Simultaneously, we are deprived of the means to mourn these futures that are so brutally affected. In such a moment, recognizing grief is a political act.
Sarah Jaffe shows how the act of public remembrance has become a radical statement, a living response to loss, and a path to imagine a better world. When we manage to properly mourn those we've lost, the causes they fought for, or the examples they've left us, we are better prepared to fight for a transformed future.
Pages: 400, Year of Publication: 1029, Dimensions: 15.6x15.6cm
