Human progress is heading toward collapse. There are converging
ecological crises looming on the horizon: climate change, peak oil,
water shortages, fish depletion and food scarcities. The world is
on a collision course against the limits of the ecosystem. Modern
societies are consuming, polluting and growing as if there is no
tomorrow. Indeed, there may not be one. In Progress or Collapse,
Roberto De Vogli guides us through the multiple converging global
crises of economic progress. He explores the connections between
the environmental crisis and the psychological, social, cultural,
political and economic emergencies affecting modern societies. It
is not a coincidence, the author argues, that global ecological
destruction is occurring in tandem with other crises: rising mental
disorders, mindless consumerism, rampant conformism, status
competition, civic disengagement, startling social inequalities,
global financial instability, and widespread political impasse. In
this hard-hitting analysis, Roberto De Vogli identifies the root
cause of all these symptoms of societal breakdown: neoliberalism,
defined as market greed. He argues that in recent decades, modern
societies have been dominated by a suicidal economic doctrine based
on two articles of faith: the greed creed and the market God. The
greed creed states that people are nothing but selfish profiteers
in a perpetual search for status and wealth. The market God is the
belief that all societal and human affairs are best regulated as
market exchanges. What is to be done? Can we stop progress toward
collapse? Given the current distribution of power and wealth, and
the state of psychological and political inertia in which we are
trapped, our chances of redefining progress around alternative
values and embracing a new philosophy of life are slim. Yet, the
history of human emancipation has often been shaped by giant leaps
forward. In the past, civic struggles have overcome "the limits of
the possible". Whether this will happen again in the future is the
central question of our time. This book will be of interest to
researchers and students of ecology, psychology, public health,
epidemiology, human development, political philosophy, economics,
sociology and politics.
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