{"product_id":"light-in-dark-times-the-human-search-for-meaning-paperback-softback-9781487526405","title":"Light in Dark Times; The Human Search for Meaning (Paperback \/ softback) 9781487526405","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eLight in Dark Times\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Human Search for Meaning\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAlisse Waterston (Author), Charlotte Corden (Illustrated by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781487526405\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 17 September 2020\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e160 pages, Full-colour illustrations throughout\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.8 cm, 0.36 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Light in Dark Times contributes to our understanding of why the US is facing similar strategies of \u0026amp;#x2018;conflating opinion with truth\u0026amp;#x2019; and the rise of \u0026amp;#x2018;alternative facts\u0026amp;#x2019; that were used in Germany during the rise of the Nazi party. It also offers a number of important remedies to counter them: be introspective, avoid the trivial, participate in envisioning an alternative world, and engage in activities without exaggerated self-importance.\"\u003c\/p\u003e - Rachel Breunlin, University of New Orleans (\u003cem\u003eAnthropology and Humanism\u003c\/em\u003e) \"\u003cem\u003eLight in Dark Times\u003c\/em\u003e is one of the few books, anthropological or otherwise, I would call transcendent. Rarely has a volume been timelier, more engaging, or more accessible.\" - Robert Myers, Alfred University (\u003cem\u003eGeneral Anthropology\u003c\/em\u003e) \u003cp\u003e\"This is a unique, non-fiction graphic novel that focuses on what anthropology study can lend to society. The artwork is particularly illuminating.\"\u003c\/p\u003e - 2020 VLA Graphic Novel Diversity Award Committee \"If I were teaching graduate students in anthropology about the alluring, messy complexities within and about the discipline, this book would be a fine introduction. If I were teaching qualitative research methods and other means of narrating experience, the format and content would undoubtedly expand the student\u0026amp;#x2019;s repertoires of representation.\" - Sue E. Estroff, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (\u003cem\u003ePerspectives in Biology and Medicine Journal\u003c\/em\u003e)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat will become of us in these trying times? How will we pass the time that we have on earth? In gorgeously rendered graphic form, \u003ci\u003eLight in Dark Times\u003c\/i\u003e invites readers to consider these questions by exploring the political catastrophes and moral disasters of the past and present, revealing issues that beg to be studied, understood, confronted, and resisted.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA profound work of anthropology and art, this book is for anyone yearning to understand the darkness and hoping to hold onto the light. It is a powerful story of encounters with writers, philosophers, activists, and anthropologists whose words are as meaningful today as they were during the times in which they were written. This book is at once a lament over the darkness of our times, an affirmation of the value of knowledge and introspection, and a consideration of truth, lies, and the dangers of the trivial. In a time when many of us struggle with the feeling that we cannot do enough to change the course of the future, this book is a call to action, asking us to envision and create an alternative world from the one in which we now live.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLight in Dark Times\u003c\/em\u003e is beautiful to look at and to hold – an exquisite work of art that is lively, informative, enlightening, deeply moving, and inspiring.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003eA Note on Anthropology\u003cbr\u003eCharacters\u003cbr\u003eReflections \u003cbr\u003eOn Being Introspective\u003cbr\u003eOn Thinking in Dark Times \u003cbr\u003eOn Truth, Lies, and the Danger of the Trivial \u003cbr\u003eOn Envisioning an Alternative World\u003cbr\u003eA Lament\u003cbr\u003eTo the Present \u003cbr\u003eTo Posterity\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52670825201944,"sku":"9781487526405","price":13.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/light-in-dark-times-the-human-search-for-meaning-paperback-softback-9781487526405","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}