itheory 's review for:

Hope in the Dark: Untold Histories, Wild Possibilities by Rebecca Solnit

4.0

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This book brings an important perspective to bear against the hopelessness, cynicism, and perfectionism of social movements. The work is the reward, we need to celebrate the small victories, and never let the prefect be the enemy of the good — or the minor. Some of the examples date the book, and I disagree with a few points of activism (but then, who am I to judge?), but the overall point stands and resonates.