Political change begins in minds that imagine a different world locally

Evidence

While every writing is simply a tributary of something called international literature it will see no need to redefine the geography and nature of the African state. If one writes from a position of engagement, recognizing that no part of life is free from the transformative energy of the postcolonial, even those most precious and unique aspects of one’s indigenous mythology, then change may be achievable. This is not another grand theory: we need to recognize that change occurs at the level of the local, at the level of the struggle over representation, and that political and cultural change occur first in the minds of those who imagine a different kind of world. — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 3442

Categorization

• APHORISMS: ‘Political and cultural change occur first in the minds of those who imagine a different kind of world’ reads as durable advice about where change actually begins.
• QUESTION: The claim that change must be local, not grand-theoretical, begs the question of whether any structural transformation can be won through such local struggles alone.
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 3442
• XREF: connects to: thought becomes a commodity when public opinion reaches a certain state; Economic policy change requires reframing the moral meaning a community ascribes to its world. — Angus Burgin, The Great Persuasion: Reinventing Free…, 29; Everyday informal spaces set the stage for larger political shifts. — Theresa M. Senft, Camgirls: Celebrity and Community in…, 230