A Renaissance of Our Own
  • Published: 4 June 2023
  • ISBN: 9781847926739
  • Imprint: Bodley Head
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 224
  • RRP: $45.00
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A Renaissance of Our Own

A Memoir and Manifesto on Reimagining

  • Rachel Cargle
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29 Aug 2023
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4 May 2023
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4 Jun 2023
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A memoir meets manifesto on reimagining solidarity and self through knowledge, empathy and action

How we can use knowledge, empathy and action to reimagine the world around us

Over the past year, we have seen a profound awakening. Institutions and communities have taken down statues and flags, the names of white supremacists in universities and on buildings have been replaced and as we continue to see action, we are also collectively unlearning incorrect history and leaning hard into the truth.

In this radical work, social entrepreneur, philanthropic innovator and public academic, Rachel Cargle breaks down KEA - knowledge, empathy and action - and how these elements serve as a lens to reimagine everything from racial justice to relationships to education and beyond.

Investigating how white supremacy flourishes in the feminist movement, educational establishments, beauty and body standards, our notions of intimate relationships, ancestry and cultural ideas around rest and productivity, Unlearn serves as a starting point for the pursuit of critical knowledge, the cultivation of radical empathy and acting intentionally.

Through this process, we are taken on our journey to understanding our highest values - abundance, opportunity and ease. By reimagining our purpose, approaches to philanthropy, ethical entrepreneurship and radical vigilance, this book provides a framework for the great re-imagining we are primed for.
  • Published: 4 June 2023
  • ISBN: 9781847926739
  • Imprint: Bodley Head
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 224
  • RRP: $45.00
Categories:

Praise for A Renaissance of Our Own

Rachel Cargle is that rare sort of phoenix who rises from the ashes of her life not only reborn on the personal level, but also fully ready to change the world ... an elegant, thoughtful, vulnerable, and inspiring memoir

Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Big Magic

Dazzling -a loving, bold tale of imagination, bravery, and radical action in the face of injustice

Elle

Profoundly moving and powerful ... you will leave these pages changed for the better

Gabrielle Union, author of We're Going to Need More Wine

Cargle recounts how she spun silk out of the thread bare yarns of patriarchy and white supremacy while reminding readers that such alchemy is possible ... if we give ourselves permission to re-imagine our existences

Sonya Renee Taylor, author of The Body is Not an Apology

Beautiful ... This book is not meant to be simply consumed but explored

Joy Harden Bradford, founder of Therapy for Black Girls and author of Sisterhood Heals

A collection of lessons and questions that prompt the reader's own life redesign

Time Magazine