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  • The Age of Insecurity

    Coming Together as Things Fall Apart

    by Astra Taylor ...
    Series series The CBC Massey Lectures
    Finalist, 2024 Governor General's Literary Award for NonfictionFinalist, 2024 Writers' Trust Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political WritingThese days, everyone feels insecure. We are financially stressed and emotionally overwhelmed. The status quo isn’t working for anyone, even those who appear to have it all. What is going on?In this urgent cultural diagnosis, author and activist Astra Taylor ... Read more

    $13.09 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Examined Life

    Excursions with Contemporary Thinkers

    by Astra Taylor ...
    Philosophy reconnects with daily life in these conversations with eight renowned thinkers—the uncut interviews from the documentary film Examined Life.Astra Taylor's documentary film Examined Life took philosophy out of the academy and into the streets, reminding us that great ideas are born through profound engagement with the hustle and bustle of everyday life, not in isolation from it. This ... Read more

    $14.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Democracy May Not Exist, But We'll Miss It When It's Gone

    by Astra Taylor ...
    "A New Civil Rights Leader" explores what we mean when we speak of democracy and if democracy can truly ever exist ( LA Times).There is no shortage of democracy, at least in name, and yet it is in crisis everywhere we look. From a cabal of plutocrats in the White House to gerrymandering and dark-money campaign contributions, it is clear that the principle of government by and for the people is not ... Read more

    $18.79 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Remake the World

    Essays, Reflections, Rebellions

    by Astra Taylor ...
    Over the last decade, author and activist Astra Taylor has helped shift the national conversation on topics including technology, inequality, indebtedness, and democracy. The essays collected here reveal the range and depth of her thinking, with Taylor tackling the rising popularity of socialism, the problem of automation, the politics of listening, the possibility of rights for the natural and ... Read more

    $13.09 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The People's Platform

    Taking Back Power and Culture in the Digital Age

    by Astra Taylor ...
    "An invaluable primer for anyone seeking to understand why our networked world isn't all that it is cracked up to be." — The GuardianThe Internet has been hailed as an unprecedented democratizing force, a place where everyone can be heard and all can participate equally. But how true is this claim? In a seminal dismantling of techno-utopian visions, The People's Platform argues that for all that ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

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    Democracy May Not Exist, but We'll Miss It When It's Gone

    by Astra Taylor ...
    Narrated by Kirsten Potter ...

    Unabridged

    12 hours 6 min

    There is no shortage of democracy, at least in name, and yet it is in crisis everywhere we look. From a cabal of plutocrats in the White House to gerrymandering and dark-money compaign contributions, it is clear that the principle of government by and for the people is not living up to its promise.The problems lie deeper than any one election cycle. As Astra Taylor demonstrates, real democracy ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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    The Age of Insecurity

    Coming Together as Things Fall Apart

    by Astra Taylor ...
    Narrated by Rebecca Mitchell ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 44 min

    Finalist, 2024 Writers' Trust Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political WritingThese days, everyone feels insecure. We are financially stressed and emotionally overwhelmed. The status quo isn't working for anyone, even those who appear to have it all. What is going on?In this urgent cultural diagnosis, author and activist Astra Taylor exposes how seemingly disparate crises—rising inequality and ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • Audiobook

    Remake the World

    Essays, Reflections, Rebellions

    by Astra Taylor ...
    Narrated by Christina Delaine ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 59 min

    Over the last decade, author and activist Astra Taylor has helped shift the national conversation on topics including technology, inequality, indebtedness, and democracy. The essays collected here reveal the range and depth of her thinking, with Taylor tackling the rising popularity of socialism, the problem of automation, the politics of listening, the possibility of rights for the natural and ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • Solidarity

    The Past, Present, and Future of a World-Changing Idea

    by Leah Hunt-Hendrix, Astra Taylor ...
    A VULTURE BEST BOOK • From renowned organizers and activists Leah Hunt-Hendrix and Astra Taylor, comes the first in-depth examination of Solidarity—not just as a rallying cry, but as potent political movement with potential to effect lasting change.**A DAYTON LITERARY PEACE PRIZE FINALIST“A window into what is possible when we reject the politics of division, trade individualism for ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Growing Up Postmodern

    Neoliberalism and the War on the Young

    by Jennifer Drake, Margaret Henderson, Angela E. Hubler, David M. Jones, Elizabeth Kleinfeld, Andrew Kurtz, Bill Osgerby, Jerry Phillips, Tim Scheie, Gary L. Smith, Astra Taylor, Henry A. Giroux ...
    Series series Culture and Politics Series
    This collection takes its inspiration from Paul Goodman's Growing Up Absurd, a landmark critique of American culture at the end of the 1950s. Goodman called for a revival of social investment in urban planning, public welfare, workplace democracy, free speech, racial harmony, sexual freedom, popular culture, and education to produce a society that could inspire young people, and an adult society ... Read more

    $49.39 USD

  • Audiobook

    Solidarity

    The Past, Present, and Future of a World-Changing Idea

    by Leah Hunt-Hendrix, Astra Taylor ...
    Narrated by Veronica Giguere ...

    Unabridged

    14 hours 12 min

    A VULTURE BEST BOOK • From renowned organizers and activists Leah Hunt-Hendrix and Astra Taylor, comes the first in-depth examination of Solidarity—not just as a rallying cry, but as potent political movement with potential to effect lasting change.**A DAYTON LITERARY PEACE PRIZE FINALIST“A window into what is possible when we reject the politics of division, trade individualism for ... Read more

    $22.50 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • Stay Solid!

    A Radical Handbook for Youth

    by Noam Chomsky, Dan Savage, Grace Llewellyn, Astra Taylor ...
    It ain't easy being a kid these days. For the first time in generations, today's teens have worse prospects ahead of them than their parents did, and the pressure to toe the line and be a success is heavier than ever . . . and so is the temptation to just give up. But there are things in the world worth fighting for!This scrapbook-style collection of essays, excerpts, explanations, and images ... Read more

    $14.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus