Hope in the Dark - Rebecca Solnit

At a time when political, environmental and social gloom can seem overpowering, this remarkable works offers a lucid, affirmative and well-argued case for hope. 

Hope in the Dark traces a history of activism and social change over the past five decades - from the fall of the Berlin Wall , to the worldwide marches against the war in Iraq. Following the footsteps of the last century's thinkers - including Woolf, Ghandi, Borges, Benjamin and Havel - Solnit conjures a timeless vision of cause and effect that will light our way through the dark , and lead us to profound and effective political engagement.