Conform, Fail, Repeat : How Power Distorts Collective Action.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (170 pages)
Intro -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 Power and Struggle -- 2 Critical Theory and Social Movement Research -- 3 Conformity and Failure -- 4 Collective Identity and Symbolic Power -- 5 Tactic and Antinomy -- 6 Suffering and Justice -- 7 New Stakes and New Strategies -- 8 Resistance and Democracy -- Notes -- Index -- Back Cover.
Current social movements such as Black Lives Matter, Idle No More, and the growing anti-Trump movement face intense pressure to either conform or fail. Pierre Bourdieu's theory offers tools for tracking and avoiding such pitfalls.