{"product_id":"the-ends-of-resistance-making-and-unmaking-democracy-hardcover","title":"The Ends of Resistance: Making and Unmaking Democracy - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlix Olson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAlex Zamalin\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSince the rise of Donald Trump and other right-wing authoritarians worldwide, we have been told to \"resist.\" But this kind of opposition looks surprisingly like restoring the status quo. Under the banner of resistance, liberals and progressives have encouraged voting for Democrats, reading the mainstream media, trusting the science, putting up yard signs, buying the right products, and celebrating a \"return to normal.\" How was \"resistance\" diluted, and where can we find alternative forms of resistance for present and future struggles? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlix Olson and Alex Zamalin offer a clear-eyed critical account of how neoliberalism has redefined resistance to thwart social movements and consolidate power. Elites have domesticated and coopted some once-radical concepts and practices into \"restorative resistance\" that bolsters support for an unjust social order while marginalizing, racializing, and criminalizing many others. Olson and Zamalin argue that true resistance to racial neoliberalism must instead be deeply antirestorative: collective, horizontal, counterhegemonic, radically democratic insurrectionary movements that cannot be redirected into shoring up the existing order. This \"unruly world-building\"--exemplified by Occupy Wall Street, the Movement for Black Lives, Indigenous activism at Standing Rock, and more--pushes us to live, think, and dream beyond profit maximization, democratic civility, and individual freedom. Powerfully and accessibly written with manifesto-like urgency, \u003ci\u003eThe Ends of Resistance\u003c\/i\u003e shows how marginalized voices and social movements deepen our thinking for confronting power.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlix Olson is an assistant professor of women's, gender, and sexuality studies at Emory University's Oxford College. Before her academic career, she toured internationally as a spoken word artist. Olson is the editor of \u003ci\u003eWord Warriors: 35 Women Leaders in the Spoken Word Revolution\u003c\/i\u003e (2007) and is a widely published poet. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlex Zamalin is professor of Africana studies and political science at Rutgers University-New Brunswick. He is the author of six books, including \u003ci\u003eStruggle on Their Minds: The Political Thought of African American Resistance\u003c\/i\u003e (2017) and \u003ci\u003eBlack Utopia: The History of an Idea from Black Nationalism to Afrofuturism\u003c\/i\u003e (2019), also with Columbia University Press.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 200\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.63 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 02, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51781665390880,"sku":"9780231204989","price":180.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/d32f8f2b43e0c8ce4dd334173b7a7587.webp?v=1780554950","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-ends-of-resistance-making-and-unmaking-democracy-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}