{"product_id":"the-activist-humanist-caroline-levine-9780691250588","title":"The Activist Humanist: Form and Method in the Climate Crisis","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn argument that humanists have the tools--and the responsibility--to mobilize political power to tackle climate change\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs climate catastrophes intensify, why do literary and cultural studies scholars so often remain committed to the separation of aesthetic study from the nitty-gritty of political change? In this thought-provoking book, Caroline Levine makes the case for an alternative view, arguing that humanists have the tools to mobilize political power--and the responsibility to use those tools to avert the worst impacts of global warming. Building on the theory developed in her award-winning book, \u003ci\u003eForms\u003c\/i\u003e, Levine shows how formalist methods can be used in the fight for climate justice. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCountering scholars in the environmental humanities who embrace only \"modest gestures of care\"--and who seem to have moved directly to \"mourning\" our inevitable environmental losses--Levine argues that large-scale, practical environmental activism should be integral to humanists' work. She identifies three major infrastructural forms crucial to sustaining collective life: routines, pathways, and enclosures. Crisscrossing between art works and public works--from urban transportation to television series and from food security programs to rhyming couplets--she considers which forms might support stability and predictability in the face of growing precarity. Finally, bridging the gap between academic and practical work, Levine offers a series of questions and exercises intended to guide readers into political action. \u003ci\u003eThe Activist Humanist\u003c\/i\u003e provides an essential handbook for prospective activist-scholars.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Caroline Levine\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0691250588\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780691250588\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Princeton University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/17\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 5.90w x 0.70d","brand":"Caroline Levine","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44159238570239,"sku":"9780691250588","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_35cd7dd9-b81f-4548-9707-168c1e004852.jpg?v=1689081417","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-activist-humanist-caroline-levine-9780691250588","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}