ISBN: 9781949481747
Editorial: Menakem, Resmaa
Autor: Compiled by Barbour Staff
Año de edición: 2022
N° Paginas: 384
Tipo de pasta: Pasta blanda
Descripción: The New York Times bestselling author of My Grandmother's Hands surveys America's deteriorating democracy and offers embodied practices to help us protect ourselves and our country."All of us need to read this book--and then act on it."--Angela Rye, NPR political analyst and former CNN commentator"Resmaa Menakem is one of our country's most gifted racial healers. His brilliant new book could not be more timely."--Michael Eric Dyson, author of Entertaining Race and Long Time ComingIn The Quaking of America, therapist and trauma specialist Resmaa Menakem takes readers through somatic processes addressing the growing threat of white-supremacist political violence.Through the coordinated repetition of lies, anti-democratic elements in American society are working to incite mass radicalization, widespread chaos, and a collective trauma response in tens of millions of American bodies. Currently, most of us are utterly unprepared for this potential mayhem. This book can help prepare us--and possibly prevent further destruction. This preparation focuses not on strategy or politics, but on practices that can help usBuild presence and discernment in our bodiesSettle our bodies during the heat of conflictMaintain our safety, sanity, and stability in dangerous situationsHeal our personal and collective racialized traumaPractice embodied social actionTurn toward instead of on one anotherThe Quaking of America is a unique and perfectly timed guide to help us navigate our widespread upheaval and build an antiracist culture. Críticas "Resmaa Menakem is one of our country's most gifted racial healers. His brilliant new book could not be more timely--a volume our country, our bodies, and our humanity desperately need. The Quaking of America offers wisdom and liberation, not only for Black, Brown, or Indigenous folk, but for all Americans."--Michael Eric Dyson, author of Entertaining Race and Long Time Coming"Resmaa Menakem's The Quaking of America is a brilliant and effective guide to embodied social change. All of us need to read this book--and then act on it."--Angela Rye, NPR political analyst and former CNN commentator"This is a book that will wake you up, excite, and terrify you. But Resmaa won't leave you there; all along the way he gives you the practices to do the work of healing into action. And he delivers all of this in riveting prose. Resmaa Menakem is a visionary, and his work is absolutely essential for antiracist practice. We need this book in as many hands as possible."--Robin DiAngelo, PhD, New York Times bestselling author of White Fragility and Nice Racism"The Quaking of America is more than an insightful book about the challenged state of American multiracial democracy. It is a user's guide, an instruction manual on how to transform your body, yourself, and this country into their highest and noblest aspirations."--Keith Ellison, Attorney General of Minnesota"Filled with somatic trauma-healing practices intended to build bodily resilience so your actions can live up to your antiracist intentions, this book could save your life, help you save other lives, or even prepare you to prevent a civil war or survive one."--Lissa Rankin, MD, New York Times bestselling author of Mind Over Medicine and Sacred Medicine"There really are no words that can adequately describe the pouring of incisive foresight and actionable content into a book as Resmaa Menakem has done. We would be remiss not to grasp The Quaking of America as a critical operations manual for the salvaging of this utterly imperfect democracy."--Rev. angel Kyodo williams, coauthor of Radical Dharma: Talking Race, Love, and Liberation"Resmaa brings revolutionary insights to the value of connecting with depths of information our bodies hold onto, acquired through life's experiences. He leads us to crucial and deeper connections with our inner truths and provides us with a pathway to building more meaningful relationships and empathy for
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