Claeys, Gregory
Utopianism for a Dying Planet: Life after Consumerism
- ISBN 13:
- 9780691170046
- author:
- Claeys, Gregory
- format:
- Hardback
- publisher:
- Princeton University Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2023
- Pages:
- 608
- Dimensions:
- 23.6 x 16.3 x 4.3 centimetres (0
- Genre:
- History, Modern, General,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Utopianism for a Dying Planet: Life After Consumerism by Gregory Claeys offers a radical approach to addressing Earth's environmental breakdown. By examining the history of utopian thought, Claeys argues that this expansive tradition can provide moral and imaginative guidance in the face of catastrophe. The author defends a realist definition of utopia, focusing on ideas of sociability and belonging as central to utopian narratives. He surveys the development of these themes during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries before examining twentieth- and twenty-first-century debates about alternatives to consumerism. Claeys proposes a Green New Deal program that combines ideas from the theory of sociability with proposals to withdraw from fossil fuels and cease reliance on unsustainable commodities. This book presents an urgent search for antidotes to our planet's destruction, not as an escape from reality but as a powerful means of changing it.
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