Book cover for Bonfire: American Sociocide, Broken Relations, and the Quest for Democracy by Charles Derber

Bonfire

American Sociocide, Broken Relations, and the Quest for Democracy

2025 Released
142 Pages
2-3 Hours
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RoutledgeISBN 9781032793634

In this book, Charles Derber shows how the US is moving toward sociocide-the erosion of durable, positive social relations in the economy, family, politics and civil society essential to sustaining society itself-while offering a combination of pragmatic solutions.

Charles Derber

Charles Derber is professor of sociology at Boston College, United States. A lifelong social justice activist, his work focuses on the crises of capitalism, globalization, corporate power, militarism, the culture of hegemony, the climate crisis, and peace and global justice movements. His recent books include Turnout!: Mobilizing Voters in an Emergency (Routledge, 2020), Dying for Capitalism: How Big Money Fuels Extinction and What We Can Do About It (Routledge, 2023), Who Owns Democracy?: The Real Deep State and the Struggle Over Class and Caste in America (Routledge, 2024), and How We Win: Energizing Strategies, Voters, and Agendas (Routledge, 2024).

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