Kohei Saito

Slow Down

The Degrowth Manifesto
Übersetzer: Bergstrom, Brian

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

"In SLOW DOWN, Kohei Saito delivers a bold and urgent call for a return to Marxism in order to stop climate change. Here he argues that by returning to a system of social ownership, we can restore abundance and focus on those activities that are essential for human life, effectively reversing climate change and saving the planet"--

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Astra Publishing House
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Januar 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 442g
• ISBN-13: 9781662602368
• ISBN-10: 1662602367
• Artikelnr.: 67863681

Autorenporträt

Kohei Saito

Inhaltsangabe

Slow Down: The Deceleration Manifesto
by Kohei Saito, translated by Brian Bergstrom
Table of Contents
Introduction: SDGs are the Opiate of the Masses!
Chapter One
 
Climate Change and the Imperial Mode of Living
 
Chapter Two
 
The Limits of Green Keynesianism
Chapter Three
 
Shooting for Degrowth within a Capitalist System
Chapter Four
Marx in the Anthropocene
Chapter Five
 
The Escapism Known as Accelerationism
Chapter Six
 
Capitalism’s Scarcity, Communism’s Abundance
Chapter Seven
 
Degrowth Communism Will Save the World
Chapter Eight
 
The Lever of Climate Justice
Conclusion: How to Prevent History’s End

Rezensionen

SLOW DOWN has an almost magic ability to formulate complex thoughts in clear language, as well as to combine strict conceptual thinking with passionate personal engagement. What this means is that Saito's book is not just for anyone interested in ecology or in the problems of today's global capitalism, it is simply indispensable for those of us who want to SURVIVE in short, to all of us Slavoj Zizek, author The Sublime Object of Ideology