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Communication Studies’ Michael Karlberg encourages ‘audacious’ thinking around social justice
In his new book, “Rethinking Social Justice,” WWU Communication Studies Professor Michael Karlberg argues that social justice movements could use an injection of radical imagination.
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In his new book, “Rethinking Social Justice,” WWU Communication Studies Professor Michael Karlberg argues that social justice movements could use an injection of radical imagination.
The vast majority of social justice work focuses on bringing about change through conflict – by disrupting the power system that upholds the status quo. But changing the world isn’t just about fighting systems, Karlberg and co-author Derik Smith of Claremont McKenna College argue, it’s also about building new ones.
“We really need to center what we call radical forms of constructive agency,” Karlberg said.
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