Joyful Militancy | Towards a Holistic Radical Left (37 books)

A "vibes"/general outlook-based list of books with unique, hopeful, constructive perspectives on politics, philosophy, literature, history, etc.. Each entry should stand on its own, offering valuable insights, while also complementing the other entries & the list as a whole, resulting in a holistic milieu of radical thought.

will probably have emphasis on perspectives such as:
• anti/decolonial & indigenous political theory
• feminism & queer theory
• liberatory visions of spirituality/faith, especially its historical impact on & potential future synergy with radical movements
• postmodern, "post-humanist," "metamodern," etc.–similarly radical philosophy, critical theory & literary/art/film studies
• anarchist (and adjacent) social/cultural studies, anthropology, history
• antifascist activism & other similarly practice-oriented writings

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1	Freedom Dreams: The Black Radical Imagination by Robin D.G. Kelley 4.37 avg rating — 1,183 ratings score: 197, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	Domination and the Arts of Resistance: Hidden Transcripts by James C. Scott 4.23 avg rating — 779 ratings score: 194, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	Caliban and the Witch: Women, the Body and Primitive Accumulation by Silvia Federici 4.56 avg rating — 13,405 ratings score: 188, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	Direct Action: An Ethnography by David Graeber 4.21 avg rating — 555 ratings score: 176, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	A Field Guide to Getting Lost by Rebecca Solnit 3.90 avg rating — 20,625 ratings score: 172, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	The Mushroom at the End of the World: On the Possibility of Life in Capitalist Ruins by Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing 3.97 avg rating — 7,942 ratings score: 165, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	Joyful Militancy: Building Thriving Resistance in Toxic Times by Carla Bergman 4.37 avg rating — 882 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	The Historical Failure of Anarchism: Implications for the Future of the Revolutionary Project by Christopher Day 3.32 avg rating — 19 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity by David Graeber 4.19 avg rating — 25,576 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	The Bakuninists at Work: Review of the Uprising in Spain in the Summer of 1873 by Friedrich Engels 3.77 avg rating — 52 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	Occult Features of Anarchism: With Attention to the Conspiracy of Kings and the Conspiracy of the Peoples by Erica Lagalisse 3.69 avg rating — 373 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	The Revisionist Theory of the “Liberation” of Science From Ideology by M.D. Kammari really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	Anarchism: A Plague On Radical Leftism by Mason Steiner 3.33 avg rating — 3 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	Demanding the Impossible: A History of Anarchism by Peter H. Marshall 4.11 avg rating — 1,092 ratings score: 96, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	A Paradise Built in Hell: The Extraordinary Communities That Arise in Disaster by Rebecca Solnit 3.94 avg rating — 3,869 ratings score: 94, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	Touching Feeling: Affect, Pedagogy, Performativity by Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick 4.16 avg rating — 701 ratings score: 93, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	Fragments of an Anarchist Anthropology by David Graeber 4.23 avg rating — 3,408 ratings score: 92, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	Re-enchanting the World: Feminism and the Politics of the Commons by Silvia Federici 4.28 avg rating — 497 ratings score: 91, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	Witches, Midwives and Nurses: A History of Women Healers by Barbara Ehrenreich 4.02 avg rating — 6,732 ratings score: 89, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	The Many-Headed Hydra: Sailors, Slaves, Commoners, and the Hidden History of the Revolutionary Atlantic by Peter Linebaugh 4.15 avg rating — 1,220 ratings score: 88, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	Against the Machine: The Hidden Luddite Tradition in Literature, Art, and Individual Lives by Nicols Fox 3.54 avg rating — 24 ratings score: 87, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	Hammer and Hoe: Alabama Communists During the Great Depression by Robin D.G. Kelley 4.36 avg rating — 1,335 ratings score: 86, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
23	Octavia's Brood: Science Fiction Stories from Social Justice Movements by Adrienne Maree Brown (Editor/Contributor) 3.93 avg rating — 4,291 ratings score: 85, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
24	A People's Art History of the United States: 250 Years of Activist Art and Artists Working in Social Justice Movements by Nicolas Lampert (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 105 ratings score: 84, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
25	A People's History of Science: Miners, Midwives, and Low Mechanicks by Clifford D. Conner 3.77 avg rating — 347 ratings score: 83, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
26	A People's History of Sports in the United States: 250 Years of Politics, Protest, People, and Play by Dave Zirin 3.93 avg rating — 486 ratings score: 82, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
27	The Darker Nations: A People's History of the Third World by Vijay Prashad 4.12 avg rating — 1,476 ratings score: 81, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28	Our History Is the Future: Standing Rock Versus the Dakota Access Pipeline, and the Long Tradition of Indigenous Resistance by Nick Estes 4.43 avg rating — 1,752 ratings score: 80, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
29	Why We Fight: Essays on Fascism, Resistance, and Surviving the Apocalypse by Shane Burley (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 106 ratings score: 78, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
30	No Pasarán: Antifascist Dispatches from a World in Crisis by Shane Burley (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.02 avg rating — 47 ratings score: 77, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
31	The Resonance of Unseen Things: Poetics, Power, Captivity, and UFOs in the American Uncanny by Susan Lepselter 4.21 avg rating — 160 ratings score: 75, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
32	The Transatlantic Zombie: Slavery, Rebellion, and Living Death by Sarah J. Lauro 4.11 avg rating — 19 ratings score: 74, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
33	Ghostly Matters: Haunting and the Sociological Imagination by Avery F. Gordon 4.27 avg rating — 556 ratings score: 73, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
34	The English Heretic Collection: Ritual Histories, Magickal Geography by Andy Sharp 3.90 avg rating — 130 ratings score: 72, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
35	High Weirdness: Drugs, Esoterica, and Visionary Experiences in the Seventies by Erik Davis (Goodreads Author) 4.20 avg rating — 579 ratings score: 71, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
36	The Chimera Principle: An Anthropology of Memory and Imagination by Carlo Severi 4.32 avg rating — 25 ratings score: 69, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
37	The Anarchist Imagination: Anarchism Encounters the Humanities and the Social Sciences by Carl Levy (Editor) 4.14 avg rating — 7 ratings score: 68, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars