{"product_id":"9780826520654","title":"Letting Go: Feminist and Social Justice Insight and Activism","description":"\u003cbr\u003eAt a time when women are being exhorted to \"lean in\" and work harder to get ahead, \u003ci\u003eLetting Go: Feminist and Social Justice Insight and Activism\u003c\/i\u003e encourages both women and men to \"let go\" instead. The book explores alternatives to the belief that individual achievement, accumulation, and attention-seeking are the road to happiness and satisfaction in life. Letting go demands a radical recognition that the values, relationships, and structures of our neoliberal (competitive, striving, accumulating, consuming, exploiting, oppressive) society are harmful both on a personal level and, especially important, on a social and environmental level.\u003cp\u003eThere is a huge difference between letting go and \"chilling out.\" In a lean-in society, self-care is promoted as something women and men should do to learn how to \"relax\" and find a comfortable work-life balance. By contrast, a feminist letting-go and its attendant self-care have the potential to be a radical act of awakening to social and environmental injustice and a call to activism.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vanderbilt University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47031036412144,"sku":"9780826520654","price":99.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780826520654","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}