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Climate Change and Social Movements is a riveting and thorough
exploration of three important campaigns to influence climate
change policy in the United Kingdom. The author delves deep into
the campaigns and illuminates the way policymakers think about and
respond to social movements.
Using innovative interpretations of recent big budget films,
Coronavirus Capitalism Goes to the Cinema interrogates the social,
political and economic landscape during and prior to the COVID-19
crisis and provides lessons for advancing progressive politics in a
post-pandemic age. By exploring numerous films including Avengers:
Endgame, Once Upon a Time... In Hollywood, 1917, and Parasite, this
short book provides a deep understanding about neoliberal society
in a time of crisis. Facilitated by the ideas of Emma Goldman,
Naomi Klein, Karl Marx, Noam Chomsky and many more, these movies
are reinterpreted to point out our political blind spots, combat
our non-COVID contagions and inoculate us into ideological herd
immunity. From explorations of the supervillain-like
decision-making of our political leaders to the inequalities in
infection outcomes that sparked further Black Lives Matter
protests, this book discusses the central social challenges we face
today through the sights and sounds of some of the most beloved
films of the very recent past. This entertaining and accessible
book will reward readers who are interested in contemporary
politics in the context of COVID-19, as well as cinephiles and
movie-goers who want fresh interpretations of instant classics to
help explain the world around them. More than just informative and
amusing, this book is a call to action to those activists who want
social change in the face of coronavirus capitalism.
Using innovative interpretations of recent big budget films,
Coronavirus Capitalism Goes to the Cinema interrogates the social,
political and economic landscape during and prior to the COVID-19
crisis and provides lessons for advancing progressive politics in a
post-pandemic age. By exploring numerous films including Avengers:
Endgame, Once Upon a Time... In Hollywood, 1917, and Parasite, this
short book provides a deep understanding about neoliberal society
in a time of crisis. Facilitated by the ideas of Emma Goldman,
Naomi Klein, Karl Marx, Noam Chomsky and many more, these movies
are reinterpreted to point out our political blind spots, combat
our non-COVID contagions and inoculate us into ideological herd
immunity. From explorations of the supervillain-like
decision-making of our political leaders to the inequalities in
infection outcomes that sparked further Black Lives Matter
protests, this book discusses the central social challenges we face
today through the sights and sounds of some of the most beloved
films of the very recent past. This entertaining and accessible
book will reward readers who are interested in contemporary
politics in the context of COVID-19, as well as cinephiles and
movie-goers who want fresh interpretations of instant classics to
help explain the world around them. More than just informative and
amusing, this book is a call to action to those activists who want
social change in the face of coronavirus capitalism.
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