Books by Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò
“Any kind of concept of political change must grapple with the question of fairness, and how changes impact differentially. Who is harmed and who is benefiting from any change being considered, and is that fair? I think those are both straight-forward, common-sense concepts. Climate justice is high on the agenda at places COP, but Táíwò widens the question of justice, because he’s got this Black Marxist background, and also a constructivist philosophy of history which makes a compelling argument for reparations as a result of the accumulated devastation of slavery and inherited injustice over time.” Read more...
The best books on Climate Adaptation
Ben Rawlence, Environmentalist
“Táíwò argues that there is a confusion in how we talk about identity politics. On the one hand, in its original formulation by socialist Black feminists in the Combahee River Collective, it was about using our positions in society—our identities—to foreground important issues that could lead into coalition politics. It was a framework for respecting people’s experience and history and using that to help make large-scale collective change possible. On the other hand, it has become a kind of watered-down demand to just support anyone of a particular identity because you happen to share that identity or believe it should be supported.” Read more...
Five of the Best Self-Help Books of 2022
Avram Alpert, Literary Scholar
Interviews where books by Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò were recommended
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Viral Justice: How We Grow the World We Want
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Bittersweet: How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole
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The Invisible Kingdom: Reimagining Chronic Illness
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Elite Capture: How the Powerful Took Over Identity Politics (And Everything Else)
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Ritual: How Seemingly Senseless Acts Make Life Worth Living
by Dimitris Xygalatas
Five of the Best Self-Help Books of 2022, recommended by Avram Alpert
Five of the Best Self-Help Books of 2022, recommended by Avram Alpert
At the turn of the year, many of us take the opportunity to think about our lives—how they are going, and how we hope to live them in future. We asked Avram Alpert, author of The Good-Enough Life, to recommend five of the best self-help books of 2022 that might help our bids for self-improvement; his choices remind us that self-help is not only about life-hacks and diets, but about bringing the world more in line with our ideals.
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The Nutmeg's Curse: Parables for a Planet in Crisis
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Reconsidering Reparations
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Less is More: How Degrowth Will Save the World
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Ideas to Postpone the End of the World
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A Small Farm Future
by Chris Smaje
The best books on Climate Adaptation, recommended by Ben Rawlence
The best books on Climate Adaptation, recommended by Ben Rawlence
The future is uncertain; perhaps the only thing we do know is that, in terms of the environment and the climate, there is no going back. Ben Rawlence, the author and activist, selects five of the best books on climate adaptation—nonfiction works that might guide our path through a world of rising temperatures, melting ice caps, and shifting forests.
