Democratic Eco-Socialism as a Real Utopia Transitioning to an Alternative World System
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Biografisk notat
Hans A. Baer is a critical anthropologist and a Principal Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Melbourne. He has published 20 books, including four related to climate change.
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<em>“This book has great potential to be useful as a guide to thinking about the global climate crisis and the politics necessary to overcome the problems.”</em> <strong>· Jon Marshall</strong>, University of Technology Sydney</p>
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<em>“A very relevant, interesting, and useful book.”</em> <strong>· Ariel Salleh</strong>, University of Sydney</p>
As global economic and population growth continues to skyrocket, increasingly strained resources have made one thing clear: the desperate need for an alternative to capitalism. In Democratic Eco-Socialism as a Real Utopia, Hans Baer outlines the urgent need to reevaluate historical definitions of socialism, commit to social equality and justice, and prioritize environmental sustainability. Democatic eco-socialism, as he terms it, is a system capable of mobilizing people around the world, albeit in different ways, to prevent on-going human socio-economic and environmental degradation, and anthropogenic climate change.
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Chapter 1. The Contradictions of the Capitalist World System at the Beginning of the Twentieth-First Century
Chapter 2. Twentieth-Century Attempts to Create Socialism: Successes and Failures
Chapter 3. Technoliberal and Countercultural Visions of the Future
Chapter 4. Efforts to Reconceptualize Socialism
Chapter 5. The Role of Anti-systemic Movements in Creating a Socio-ecological Revolution
Chapter 6. Transitional System-Challenging Reforms
Conclusion: The Future in the Balance
References
Index
Produktdetaljer
Biografisk notat
Hans A. Baer is a critical anthropologist and a Principal Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Melbourne. He has published 20 books, including four related to climate change.