Cruel Optimism

Cruel Optimism

By
Lauren Berlant
Lauren Berlant
2011 • 342 pages

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Nonfiction

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Social Theory

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History

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Start Small, Stay Small
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The hero with a thousand faces
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Innovation and Entrepreneurship: Practice and Principles
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Strangers to Ourselves
Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses
In an Unspoken Voice

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Revolution

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Heartbeat of Struggle
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Killing the Black Body: Race, Reproduction, and the Meaning of Liberty

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Psychology

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