{"product_id":"the-activist-humanist-form-and-method-in-the-climate-crisis","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.\r","brand":"Caroline Levine","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44449371029740,"sku":"9780691250588","price":33.27,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44449371095276,"sku":"9780691250816","price":166.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0684\/1791\/3068\/files\/9780691250588.jpg?v=1708886652","url":"https:\/\/allstora.com\/products\/the-activist-humanist-form-and-method-in-the-climate-crisis","provider":"Allstora","version":"1.0","type":"link"}