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| ISBN: | 1849352607 (ISBN13: 9781849352604) |
Adrienne Maree Brown
Paperback | Pages: 274 pages Rating: 4.35 | 2644 Users | 353 Reviews
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| Title | : | Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds |
| Author | : | Adrienne Maree Brown |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 274 pages |
| Published | : | April 3rd 2017 by A K Pr Distribution (first published March 20th 2017) |
| Categories | : | Nonfiction. Social Movements. Social Justice. Politics. Social Issues. Activism. Feminism. Self Help. Spirituality |
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Inspired by Octavia Butler's explorations of our human relationship to change, Emergent Strategy is radical self-help, society-help, and planet-help designed to shape the futures we want to live. Change is constant. The world is in a continual state of flux. It is a stream of ever-mutating, emergent patterns. Rather than steel ourselves against such change, this book invites us to feel, map, assess, and learn from the swirling patterns around us in order to better understand and influence them as they happen. This is a resolutely materialist “spirituality” based equally on science and science fiction, a visionary incantation to transform that which ultimately transforms us.adrienne maree brown, co-editor of Octavia’s Brood: Science Fiction from Social Justice Movements, is a social justice facilitator, healer, and doula living in Detroit.
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Ratings: 4.35 From 2644 Users | 353 ReviewsCriticism About Books Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds
It is not often that I say a book was life-changing, but Emergent Strategy is brilliant! adrienne maree brown speaks of an activist philosophy that's grounded in lessons from both the natural world and Octavia Butler. Small acts become large, and the focus is on building and creating a better world. It's a bit of a strange read as brown lapses into poetry and interviews every few pages, but her ideas are so powerful and optimistic that the strange format just seems to add to the magical feelingincredibly important book!!! esp for anyone engaged in organizing or team work in general. SO much insightful, grounded, and ultimately hopeful wisdom. thank you adrienne!!!!
Feel ready to take this year on
This book fucked me up in so many good ways. I would give it 10 stars if I could. Every page is packed with real-langauge lessons and words of reflection. I felt like sharing every section immediately after reading them. I'll probably buy extra copies to give them to folks in my networks. Really can't say enough good things about this.
4.5 starsA powerful, rousing book that I would recommend to anyone interested in activism and social justice. Adrienne Maree Brown builds this book upon the notion of emergent strategy, conceptualized as "the way complex systems and patterns arise out of a multiplicity of relatively simple interactions." From there, she discusses how we can use our relationships with others and ourselves to change the world. She addresses many topics, ranging from the necessity of interdependence and
incredibly important book!!! esp for anyone engaged in organizing or team work in general. SO much insightful, grounded, and ultimately hopeful wisdom. thank you adrienne!!!!
i wanted to be so mad at adriene maree browns *emergent strategy*. the nature as metaphor stuff, the jaunty upbeat corporate 501(c)(3) idiom, and the doubleddown critique/hate conflation is foul. but after two-thirds there is a shift and the book becomes about meditation, facilitation, consensus decision-making in meetings and feels like a collective effort.as i was reading this book in rush hour on a bart platform, careful to hide its cover by pointing it downward i started getting intimations
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