{"product_id":"light-in-dark-times-9781487508852","title":"Light in Dark Times","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat will become of us in these trying times? How will we pass the time that we have on earth? In gorgeously rendered graphic form, \u003ci\u003eLight in Dark Times\u003c\/i\u003e invites readers to consider these questions by exploring the political catastrophes and moral disasters of the past and present, revealing issues that beg to be studied, understood, confronted, and resisted.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA profound work of anthropology and art, this book is for anyone yearning to understand the darkness and hoping to hold onto the light. It is a powerful story of encounters with writers, philosophers, activists, and anthropologists whose words are as meaningful today as they were during the times in which they were written. This book is at once a lament over the darkness of our times, an affirmation of the value of knowledge and introspection, and a consideration of truth, lies, and the dangers of the trivial. In a time when many of us struggle with the feeling that we cannot do enough to change the course of the fut\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Light in Dark Times contributes to our understanding of why the US is facing similar strategies of ‘conflating opinion with truth’ and the rise of ‘alternative facts’ that were used in Germany during the rise of the Nazi party. It also offers a number of important remedies to counter them: be introspective, avoid the trivial, participate in envisioning an alternative world, and engage in activities without exaggerated self-importance.\" -- Rachel Breunlin, University of New Orleans * \u003cem\u003eAnthropology and Humanism\u003c\/em\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e“Light in Dark Times is one of the few books, anthropological or otherwise, I would call transcendent. Rarely has a volume been timelier, more engaging, or more accessible.” -- Robert Myers, Alfred University * \u003cem\u003eGeneral Anthropology\u003c\/em\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\"This is a unique, non-fiction graphic novel that focuses on what anthropology study can lend to society. The artwork is particularly illuminating.\" -- 2020 VLA Graphic Novel Diversity Award Committee\u003cbr\u003e“If I were teaching graduate students in anthropology about the alluring, messy complexities within and about the discipline, this book would be a fine introduction. If I were teaching qualitative research methods and other means of narrating experience, the format and content would undoubtedly expand the student’s repertoires of representation.” -- Sue E. Estroff, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill * \u003cem\u003ePerspectives in Biology and Medicine Journal\u003c\/em\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface A Note on Anthropology Characters Reflections  On Being Introspective On Thinking in Dark Times  On Truth, Lies, and the Danger of the Trivial  On Envisioning an Alternative World A Lament To the Present  To Posterity\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49409146683735,"sku":"9781487508852","price":28.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/light-in-dark-times-9781487508852","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}