Slow down : the degrowth manifesto
(2024)

Nonfiction

Book

Call Numbers:
335.412/SAITO,K

Availability

Locations Call Number Status
Adult Nonfiction 335.412/SAITO,K Available

Details

PUBLISHED
New York : Astra House, [2024]
EDITION
First edition
DESCRIPTION

xx, 260 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

ISBN/ISSN
9781662602368, 1662602367 :, 1662602367, 9781662602368
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES

Preface to the English edition -- Introduction: Ecology is the Opiate of the Masses! -- Climate Change and the Imperial mode of living -- The Limits of Green Keynesianism -- Shooting down Degrowth under Capitalism -- Marx in the Anthropocene -- The Wishful Thinking Known as Accelerationism -- Capitalism's Scarcity, Communism of Abundance -- Degrowth Communism Will Save the World -- The Lever of Climate Justice -- Conclusion: How to prevent the end of the story

"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"--

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