1 WHAT IS A SOCIAL MOVEMENT?

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS vii
4. INTRODUCTION 1
5. I UNDERSTANDING SOCIAL MOVEMENTS
6. 1 WHAT IS A SOCIAL MOVEMENT? 11
7. 2 SOCIAL MOVEMENTS AND THE TASK OF DEMOCRACY 47
8. 3 SOCIAL MOVEMENTS AND THE MORAL LIFE 79
9. II SOCIAL MOVEMENTS AND THE POWER OF COLLECTIVE IMAGINATION
10. 4 TAKING IMAGINATION SERIOUSLY 115
11. 5 LANGUAGE MATTERS 155
12. 6 JUSTICE AND THE NARRATIVE IMAGINATION 187
13. III THE IMPORTANCE OF POLITICAL HOPE
14. 7 THE EMPIRE OF AFFECT AND THE CHALLENGE OF COLLECTIVE HOPE 223
15. 8 HOPE AND HISTORY 255
16. NOTES 275
17. BIBLIOGRAPHY 309
18. INDEX 329