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"The freshest, deepest, most optimistic account of human nature I've come across in years." -Bill McKibben The most startling thing about disasters, according to award-winning author Rebecca Solnit, is not merely that so many people rise to the occasion, but that they do so with joy. That joy reveals an ordinarily unmet yearning for community, purposefulness, and meaningful work that disaster often provides. A Paradise Built in Hell is an investigation of the moments of altruism, resourcefulness, and generosity that arise amid disaster's grief and disruption and considers their implications for everyday life. It points to a new vision of what society could become-one that is less authoritarian and fearful, more collaborative and local.
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"The freshest, deepest, most optimistic account of human nature I've come across in years."
-Bill McKibben
The most startling thing about disasters, according to award-winning author Rebecca Solnit, is not merely that so many people rise to the occasion, but that they do so with joy. That joy reveals an ordinarily unmet yearning for community, purposefulness, and meaningful work that disaster often provides. A Paradise Built in Hell is an investigation of the moments of altruism, resourcefulness, and generosity that arise amid disaster's grief and disruption and considers their implications for everyday life. It points to a new vision of what society could become-one that is less authoritarian and fearful, more collaborative and local.
-Bill McKibben
The most startling thing about disasters, according to award-winning author Rebecca Solnit, is not merely that so many people rise to the occasion, but that they do so with joy. That joy reveals an ordinarily unmet yearning for community, purposefulness, and meaningful work that disaster often provides. A Paradise Built in Hell is an investigation of the moments of altruism, resourcefulness, and generosity that arise amid disaster's grief and disruption and considers their implications for everyday life. It points to a new vision of what society could become-one that is less authoritarian and fearful, more collaborative and local.
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A reviewer abandoned the book around page 90, arguing that its disaster narratives rely on cherry-picked anecdotes and an idealized view of communal solidarity while casting authorities as villains. They found the argument simplistic, lacking nuance, and ultimately unconvincing.
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- Title A Paradise Built in Hell: The Extraordinary Communities That Arise in Disaster
- Author Rebecca Solnit
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Pages 368
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Books, New York
- Publication date 2010-08-31
- Features Bibliography, Index, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780143118077 / 0143118072
- Weight 0.67 lbs (0.30 kg)
- Dimensions 8.48 x 6.5 x 0.79 in (21.54 x 16.51 x 2.01 cm)
- Age range 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
- Category Sociology
- Library of Congress subjects Communities, Altruism
- Dewey Decimal Code 303.485
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- New York Times Book Review, 09/26/2010, Page 24
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