Somebody Should Do Something: How Anyone Can Help Create Social Change
Brownstein, Michael; Madva, Alex; Kelly, Daniel
Language: English
Published by The MIT Press, 2025
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- Title
- Somebody Should Do Something: How Anyone Can Help Create Social Change
- Author
- Brownstein, Michael; Madva, Alex; Kelly, Daniel
- Publisher
- The MIT Press
- Publication year
- 2025
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- New
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- Hardcover
- Language
- English
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- 0262049783
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- 9780262049788
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The authors paint a new picture of how social change happens, arguing that our most powerful personal choices are those that springboard us into working together with others—warehouse worker Chris Smalls' unionization at Amazon is one powerful example. Taking inspiration from the writer Bill McKibben, they stress how one “important thing an individual can do is be somewhat less of an individual.”
Organized into three main sections, the book first diagnoses the problem of “either/or” thinking about social change, which stems from the false choice of making better personal choices or changing the system. Then it offers a different way to think about social change, anchored in a new picture of human nature emerging across the social sciences. Finally, the authors explore ways of putting this picture into practice. Neither a how-to manual nor an activist’s guide, Somebody Should Do Something pairs stories and science (plus some jokes) to help readers recognize their own power, turning resignation about climate change and racial injustice into actions that transform the world.
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About the Author
Alex Madva is Professor of Philosophy, Director of the California Center for Ethics and Policy, and Co-Director of the Digital Humanities Consortium at Cal Poly Pomona. He is a coeditor of An Introduction to Implicit Bias and The Movement for Black Lives.
Daniel Kelly is Professor of Philosophy at Purdue University. He is the author of Yuck! The Nature and Moral Significance of Disgust (MIT Press).
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