Somebody Should Do Something
How Anyone Can Help Create Social Change
$64.50
- Hardcover
352 pages
- Release Date
7 October 2025
Summary
A novel and scientific approach to creating transformative social change-and the surprising ways that each of us can help make a real difference.
Changing the world is difficult. One reason is that the most important problems, like climate change, racism, and poverty, are structural. They emerge from our collective practices- laws, economies, history, culture, norms, and built environments. The dilemma is that there is no way to make structural change without individual people making …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262049788 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0262049783 |
| Author: | Michael Brownstein, Alex Madva |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 7 October 2025 |
| Weight: | 560g |
| Dimensions: | 36mm x 236mm x 163mm |
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“A must-read for anyone interested in escaping the demoralizing effects of pessimism, in favor of defining their own role in fighting for social change.” – Library Journal“Somebody Should Do Something is an excellent social science book that lights a path to change for some of the pressing problems impacting the US and the world.” – Foreword Reviews
About The Author
Michael Brownstein
Michael Brownstein is Professor and Chair of Philosophy at John Jay College and Professor of Philosophy at The Graduate Center, CUNY. He is the author of The Implicit Mind.
Alex Madva is Professor of Philosophy, Director of the California Center for Ethics and Policy, and Co-Director of the Digital Humanities Consortium at Cal Poly Pomona. He is a coeditor of An Introduction to Implicit Bias and The Movement for Black Lives.
Daniel Kelly is Professor of Philosophy at Purdue University. He is the author of Yuck! The Nature and Moral Significance of Disgust (MIT Press).
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