{"product_id":"critical-hope-how-to-grapple-with-complexity-lead-with-purpose-and-cultivate-transformative-social-change-9781623176372","title":"Critical Hope: How to Grapple with Complexity, Lead with Purpose, and Cultivate Transformative Social Change","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eIntroducing the 7 principles for practicing critical hope--because hope isn't something you have; it's something you \u003ci\u003edo\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEach person has a unique, ever-changing relationship to hope. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHope alone can be transformational--but in moments of despair, or when you're up against profound injustice, it isn't enough on its own. Hope without action is, at best, naive. At its worst, it tricks you into giving up the power and agency you have to change systems that cause suffering. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEnter \u003ci\u003ecritical\u003c\/i\u003e hope: a spark of passion, an abiding belief that transformation is not just possible, but vital. This is hope in action: a vibrant, engaged practice and a commitment to honoring transformative potential across a vast spectrum of experience. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDr. Kari Grain, PhD, offers 7 principles for practicing critical hope: \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e-\u003c\/b\u003e Hope is necessary, but hope alone is not enough\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e-\u003c\/b\u003e Critical hope is not something you have; it's something you practice.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e-\u003c\/b\u003e Critical hope is messy, uncomfortable, and full of contradictions. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e-\u003c\/b\u003e Critical hope is intimately entangled with the body and the land\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e-\u003c\/b\u003e Critical hope requires bearing witness to social and historical trauma\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e-\u003c\/b\u003e Critical hope requires interruptions and invitations\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e-\u003c\/b\u003e Anger and grief have a seat at the table \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe principles for practicing critical hope are not what you might think: they confront toxic positivity and take up discomfort, social injustices, and an ethos of hospitality toward anger and grief. But held in this same space is a love for connection-and an honoring of what makes you feel alive. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eInspired by her global research, teaching experiences, and education curriculum taught at the University of British Columbia, Dr. Grain shows that to cultivate critical hope--and combat despair--you need to show up with your whole self, in all its messy, passionate, vibrant complexity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e North Atlantic Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/03\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781623176372\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs","brand":"Kari Grain","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41839311487157,"sku":"9781623176372","price":16.11,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_af02817c-6735-41ea-8bfd-9f96111f1867.jpg?v=1646730009","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/critical-hope-how-to-grapple-with-complexity-lead-with-purpose-and-cultivate-transformative-social-change-9781623176372","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}