{"product_id":"the-quiet-before-on-the-unexpected-origins-of-radical-ideas-9781524759186","title":"The Quiet Before: On the Unexpected Origins of Radical Ideas","description":"\u003cb\u003eA provocative, incisive look at the building of social movements--from the 1600s to the present--and how current technology is undermining them\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A bravura work of scholarship and reporting, featuring amazing individuals and dramatic events from seventeenth-century France to Rome, Moscow, Cairo, and contemporary Minneapolis.\"--Louis Menand, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Free World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWe tend to think of revolutions as loud: frustrations and demands shouted in the streets. But the ideas fueling them have traditionally been conceived in much quieter spaces, in the small, secluded corners where a vanguard can whisper among themselves, imagine alternate realities, and deliberate about how to achieve their goals. This extraordinary book is a search for those spaces, over centuries and across continents, and a warning that--in a world dominated by social media--they might soon go extinct. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGal Beckerman, an editor at \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review, \u003c\/i\u003e takes us back to the seventeenth century, to the correspondence that jump-started the scientific revolution, and then forward through time to examine engines of social change: the petitions that secured the right to vote in 1830s Britain, the zines that gave voice to women's rage in the early 1990s, and even the messaging apps used by epidemiologists fighting the pandemic in the shadow of an inept administration. In each case, Beckerman shows that our most defining social movements--from decolonization to feminism--were formed in quiet, closed networks that allowed a small group to incubate their ideas before broadcasting them widely. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut Facebook and Twitter are replacing these productive, private spaces, to the detriment of activists around the world. Why did the Arab Spring fall apart? Why did Occupy Wall Street never gain traction? Has Black Lives Matter lived up to its full potential? Beckerman reveals what this new social media ecosystem lacks--everything from patience to focus--and offers a recipe for growing radical ideas again. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLyrical and profound, \u003ci\u003eThe Quiet Before\u003c\/i\u003e looks to the past to help us imagine a different future.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gal Beckerman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Crown Publishing Group (NY)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/15\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.22lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.55h x 6.48w x 1.26d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781524759186\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGal Beckerman\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer and editor at \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e and the author of \u003ci\u003eWhen They Come for Us, We'll Be Gone\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the National Jewish Book Award and Sami Rohr Prize and was named a best book of the year by \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post.\u003c\/i\u003e He has a PhD in media studies from Columbia University and writes for many publications, including \u003ci\u003eThe New Republic \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e The Wall Street Journal. \u003c\/i\u003eHe lives in Brooklyn with his wife and two daughters.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Crown Publishing Group (NY)","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":39827233898611,"sku":"9781524759186","price":27.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_c0452e13-f8c9-4169-a3c2-a2d0971fd2f0.jpg?v=1644563147","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/the-quiet-before-on-the-unexpected-origins-of-radical-ideas-9781524759186","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}