Hope in the Dark: Untold Histories, Wild Possibilities
Rebecca Solnit
Jan 2017 · Tantor Media Inc · Narrated by Tanya Eby
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With Hope in the Dark, Rebecca Solnit makes a radical case for hope as a commitment to act in a world whose future remains uncertain and unknowable. Drawing on her decades of activism and a wide reading of environmental, cultural, and political history, Solnit argued that radicals have a long, neglected history of transformative victories, that the positive consequences of our acts are not always immediately seen, directly knowable, or even measurable, and that pessimism and despair rest on an unwarranted confidence about what is going to happen next.
Originally published in 2004, now with a new foreword and afterword, Solnit’s influential book shines a light into the darkness of our time in an unforgettable new edition.
Originally published in 2004, now with a new foreword and afterword, Solnit’s influential book shines a light into the darkness of our time in an unforgettable new edition.
With Hope in the Dark, Rebecca Solnit makes a radical case for hope as a commitment to act in a world whose future remains uncertain and unknowable. Drawing on her decades of activism and a wide reading of environmental, cultural, and political history, Solnit argued that radicals have a long, ne...
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7 reviews
Cyle Z
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December 31, 2021
I felt much better after listening to this audiobook. If you're an activist in practice or even just at heart, and are feeling burnt out or disillusioned, Solnit is medicine.
Jeanette Baust
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February 20, 2021
A critical balance to those committed to justice who often lose sight of progress & sink to cynicism & despair. Also a reminder that hope often requires despair to break thru. Keep hope in the midst of so much darkness.
Avdi Grimm
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March 11, 2025
good book, poor choice of narrator for the content. it felt like I was being read instructions for assembling an Ikea bookshelf, not a book on activism.
About the author
Writer, historian, and activist Rebecca Solnit is the author of sixteen books about environment, landscape, community, art, politics, hope, and memory. She is a contributing editor to Harper's and a frequent contributor to tomdispatch.com.
Tanya Eby has been a voice-over artist for over a decade. She is an Audie-nominated and AudioFile Earphones Award-winning narrator. Besides narrating, Tanya spends her time teaching creative writing classes at the collegiate level, blogging, and working on her own novels.
Writer, historian, and activist Rebecca Solnit is the author of sixteen books about environment, landscape, community, art, politics, hope, and memory. She is a contributing editor to Harper's and a frequent contributor to tomdispatch.com.
Tanya Eby has been a voice-over artist for over a decade....
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