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Visionary Pragmatism: Radical and Ecological Democracy in Neoliberal Times
Romand Coles
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Description for Visionary Pragmatism: Radical and Ecological Democracy in Neoliberal Times
Paperback. Romand Coles's new mode of scholarship and political practice called "visionary pragmatism" blends theory with practice in the generation of new transformative responses to contemporary political and ecological crises. Num Pages: 240 pages, 6 illustrations. BIC Classification: JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 230 x 15. Weight in Grams: 364.
As neoliberal capitalism destroys democracy, commonwealth, and planetary ecology, the need for radically rethinking and generating transformative responses to these catastrophes is greater than ever. Given that, Romand Coles presents an invigorating new mode of scholarship and political practice he calls "visionary pragmatism." Coles explores the profound interrelationships among everyday micropractices of grassroots politics and pedagogy, institutional transformation, and political protest through polyfocal lenses of political and social theory, neuroscience research, complex systems theory, and narratives of his cutting-edge action research. Visionary Pragmatism offers a theory of revolutionary cooptation that, in part, selectively employs practices and strategies of the dominant ... Read more
As neoliberal capitalism destroys democracy, commonwealth, and planetary ecology, the need for radically rethinking and generating transformative responses to these catastrophes is greater than ever. Given that, Romand Coles presents an invigorating new mode of scholarship and political practice he calls "visionary pragmatism." Coles explores the profound interrelationships among everyday micropractices of grassroots politics and pedagogy, institutional transformation, and political protest through polyfocal lenses of political and social theory, neuroscience research, complex systems theory, and narratives of his cutting-edge action research. Visionary Pragmatism offers a theory of revolutionary cooptation that, in part, selectively employs practices and strategies of the dominant ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
North Carolina, United States
ISBN
9780822360643
SKU
V9780822360643
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About Romand Coles
Romand Coles is Frances B. McAllister Endowed Chair and Director for the Program for Community, Culture, and Environment at Northern Arizona University and Research Professor at the Institute for Social Justice at Australian Catholic University. He is the author of several books, including Beyond Gated Politics: Reflections for the Possibility of Democracy and Christianity, Democracy, and the Radical Ordinary: Conversations ... Read more
Reviews for Visionary Pragmatism: Radical and Ecological Democracy in Neoliberal Times
"The extraordinary importance of this exhilarating book lies in demonstrating that, at a time when electoral democracy seems thoroughly corrupt . . . , extreme, high or abstract political theory can inspire and in turn be inspired by extreme, concrete grassroots political activism. . . . Coles has presented a remarkable theory and practice of radical democratic activism based on recent ... Read more