{"product_id":"9780241992722-why-rebel","title":"Why Rebel","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'If bravery itself could write, it would write like she does' John Berger\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhy rebel?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBecause our footprint on the Earth has never mattered more than now. How we treat it, in the spirit of gift or of theft, has never been more important.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBecause we need a politics of kindness, but the very opposite is on the rise. Libertarian fascism, with its triumphal brutalism, its racism and misogyny - a politics that loathes the living world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBecause nature is not a hobby. It is the life on which we depend, as Indigenous societies have never forgotten.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOnly when it is dark enough can you see the stars, and they are lining up now to write rebellion across the skies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of \u003ci\u003eWild\u003c\/i\u003e, this passionate, poetic manifesto for urgent rebellion is also a paean to the deep and extraordinary beauty of the natural world.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Jay Griffiths \u003cb\u003ehelped redefine activism for a generation\u003c\/b\u003e, combining detailed research with a poet’s flair for language. Her works defy categorisation and \u003cb\u003efizz with original ideas and excitement’ \u003ci\u003eByline Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Jay's writing has reduced me to hot throbs of grief; through beauty and subtlety, to the depths of the hurt of these times . and \u003cb\u003ewhat a liberation to express this, to free the space in my chest to feel the love \u003c\/b\u003ethat propels me forwards' \u003cb\u003eGail Bradbrook\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Chewy, erudite, filled with swing:\u003cb\u003e this is a dazzling book, urgent without ever being worthy, a book that crackles.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eWhy Rebel\u003c\/i\u003e is a Tardis, to read it is to enter the massive, a deep interior that hydrates vocation in a time of trouble' \u003cb\u003eMartin Shaw\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'This short book is beautifully written, and \u003cb\u003epacks a powerful emotional punch. \u003c\/b\u003eI found myself welling up as I reached the end. At this desperate moment in human history, \u003ci\u003eWhy Rebel \u003c\/i\u003eis surely part of \u003cb\u003ethe wake-up call we need\u003c\/b\u003e' \u003cb\u003eProf. Rupert Read\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'There's a book called \u003ci\u003eLife and Fate\u003c\/i\u003e and in it, it says that \u003cb\u003ewhen surrounded by death and destruction the most human thing to do is to engage in an act of kindness. \u003c\/b\u003eJay's book is such an act' \u003cb\u003eRoger Hallam\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39325274636385,"sku":"9780241992722","price":7.01,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_32235721.jpg?v=1737102731","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780241992722-why-rebel","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}