As critical social scientists are apt to say, following Marx, the point of our work is not simply to interpret the world but to change it. The Point is to Change it brings together leading critical social scientists to consider the major challenges of our time and what is to be done about them.

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Title: The Point Is To Change It: Geographies of Hope and Survival in an Age of Crisis
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Publication Date: 2010
Language: English
ISBN 10: 1405198346
ISBN 13: 9781405198349
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Good

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Commissioned to celebrate the 40th year of Antipode: A Radical Journal of Geography, this book evaluates the role of the critical social scientist and how the point of their work is not simply to interpret the world but to change it

Brings together leading critical social scientists to consider the major challenges of our time and what is to be done about them
Applies diagnostic and normative reasoning to momentous issues including the global economic crisis, transnational environmental problems, record levels of malnourishment, never ending wars, and proliferating natural disasters
Theoretically diverse - a range of perspectives are put to work ranging from Marxism and feminism to anarchism
The chapters comprise advanced but accessible analyses of the present and future world order

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Noel Castree is a Professor in the School of Environment and Development, Manchester University.

Paul Chatterton directs the MA for Social Activism at the University of Leeds.

Nik Heynen is an Associate Professor at the University of Georgia.

Wendy Larner is a Professor of Geography at Bristol University who works on globalisation and gender.

Melissa W. Wright is an Associate Professor in the Geography and Women's Studies at The Pennsylvania State University.

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