{"product_id":"do-the-work-a-guide-to-understanding-power-and-creating-change-9780711268968","title":"Do The Work: A guide to understanding power and creating change.","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eThis guide provides a foundation for examining hierarchies and inequalities and establishes a framework for understanding power and how it shapes our lives and communities. It features approachable overviews of complex topics, thought-provoking questions, evocative illustrations, pages for reflections, and steps we can all take to reframe our relationship to power and reinvigorate our desire to empower the people around us. \u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLength\u003c\/strong\u003e: 128 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication date\u003c\/strong\u003e: 20 June 2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: Quarto Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePower is a complex and multifaceted concept that has been studied and debated for centuries. In this comprehensive guide, we aim to challenge your biases and broaden your understanding of power and how it is wielded in our world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom ancient theories of power to contemporary examples, from cultural patterns to personal insights, this guide provides a foundation for examining hierarchies and inequalities and establishing a framework for understanding power and how it shapes our lives and communities.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBetween these pages, theory, commentary, and analysis create an engaging, creative, and mindful reading experience. This guide features approachable overviews of complex topics, thought-provoking questions, evocative illustrations, pages for your reflections, and steps we can all take to reframe our relationship to power and reinvigorate our desire to empower the people around us.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThanks to the work of writer and scholar Megan Pillow, educator and New York Times bestselling author Roxane Gay, and New York Times bestselling illustrator Aurélia Durand, Do The Work is a must-read for a more just future—and a more equitable now.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDo The Work asks:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat can we learn about power from history and from our current moment?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWho are the powerful, and who are the people denied power?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhere are our own sources of power?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHow do we recognize our mistakes and become more self-aware?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat does it mean to reclaim our power and to build community?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDo The Work explains:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHow theorists from Aristotle to Hannah Arendt have shaped our understanding of power?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhy Kimberlé Crenshaw's theory of intersectionality is at the heart of power discussions?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat Laura Mulvey and Audre Lorde can teach us about power and gender?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHow poverty, redlining, and The Voting Rights Act all illustrate power imbalances?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat the Sto. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight\u003c\/strong\u003e: 354g\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimension\u003c\/strong\u003e: 210 x 162 x 14 (mm)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9780711268968\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dr. Megan Pillow,Dr. Roxane Gay","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":46272412909818,"sku":"9780711268968","price":10.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/4297\/2845\/files\/1719007161382_book.jpg?v=1719133284","url":"https:\/\/shulphink.com\/products\/do-the-work-a-guide-to-understanding-power-and-creating-change-9780711268968","provider":"Shulph Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}