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One that you might like is revolutionary love, a political manifesto to heal and transform the world

by Michael Lerner.

From social theorist and psychotherapist, Rabbi Michael Lerner, comes a strategy for a new socialism

built on love, kindness, and compassion for one another.

Revolutionary love proposes a method to replace what learner terms the capitalist

globalization of selfishness with a globalization of generosity, prophetic empathy,

and environmental sanity.

Learner challenges liberal and progressive forces to move beyond often weak need and visionless politics to build instead a movement that can reverse the environmental

destructiveness and social injustice caused by the relentless pursuit of economic growth

and profits. Revisiting the relentless pursuit of economic growth and profits.

Revisiting the hidden injuries of class,

learners shows that much of the suffering in our society,

including most of its addictions and the growing embrace of right-wing nationalism

and reactionary versions of fundamentalism,

is driven by frustrated needs for community,

love, respect, and connection to a higher purpose in life. Inspired by Herbert Marcusa, Eric Fromm,

and Carol Gilligan, revolutionary love offers a strategy to create the caring society.

Learner details how a civilization, infused with love, could put an end to global poverty,

homelessness, and hunger, while democratizing the economy, shifting to a 28-hour workweek, and saving the life support system of Earth.

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