Title:
Slow down : the degrowth manifesto
Author:
Edition:
First edition.
Publication Date:
2024
Publication Information:
New York : Astra House, [2024]
©2024
Physical Description:
xx, 260 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9781662602368
Abstract:
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.
General Note:
Translated from the Japanese.
Contents:
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.
Language:
English
