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The Art of Moral Protest: Culture, Biography, and Creativity in Social Movements

By James M. Jasper

Book information

Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Year
2008
ISBN
9780226394961
DOI
10.7208/9780226394961
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
31 MB (32572723 bytes)
Pages
530\530
Library
degruyter.com
Time added
2023-08-15 02:41:15

Description

In The Art of Moral Protest, James Jasper integrates diverse examples of protest—from nineteenth-century boycotts to recent movements—into a distinctive new understanding of how social movements work. Jasper highlights their creativity, not only in forging new morals but in adopting courses of action and inventing organizational forms. "A provocative perspective on the cultural implications of political and social protest."—Library Journal

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