Out of the Wreckage
A New Politics for an Age of Crisis
Published on 5. September 2017
224 pages
978-1-78663-290-6 (ISBN)
Description
Today, our lives are dominated by an ideology of extreme competition and individualism. It misrepresents human nature, destroying hope and common purpose. But we cannot replace it without a positive vision, one that reengages people in politics and lights a path to a better world. Urgent and passionate, George Monbiot shows how new findings in psychology, neuroscience and evolutionary biology cast humans in a radically different light: as the supreme altruists and cooperators. He shows how both democracy and economic life can be radically reorganised from the bottom up, enabling us to take back control and overthrow the forces that have thwarted our ambitions for a better society. Out of the Wreckage explains just how communities can be rebuilt with the help of a new "politics of belonging".
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
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Reflowable
ISBN-13
978-1-78663-290-6 (9781786632906)
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Person
George Monbiot writes a weekly column for the Guardian and is the author of a number of books, including Heat, The Age of Consent, Captive State, Feral and How Did We Get Into This Mess?. He recently helped to found Rewilding Britain, which seeks to redefine people's relationship to the living world.
Content
- Intro
- Halftitle Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- 1. A Story of Our Times
- 2. A Captive Audience
- 3. Don't Look Back
- 4. Alienation
- 5. Belonging
- 6. Our Economy
- 7. Framing the Economy
- 8. Our Politics
- 9. Making It Happen
- Conclusion: The Politics of Belonging
- Acknowledgements
- Notes
- Index
