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As the global economy seeks to recover from the financial crisis
and warnings about the consequences of climate change abound, it is
clear that we need a fundamentally new approach to tackle these
issues. This innovative book offers a unique perspective, stressing
the necessity of both ecological and social change as it discusses
how to create a "red-green" or "eco-socialist" society. Examining
the current crises of welfare capitalism as well as the challenges
and conflicts of an eco-socialist society, the book proposes a new
social order that would combine the ideals of egalitarianism and of
environmental sustainability. It analyses the key social and
ecological issues related to the welfare state, including green
Keynesianism, ecological Marxism, the limits of growth and
no-growth, capitalist barriers to a renewable energy transition,
proposals for a universal basic income and the role of technology.
Finally, the book outlines possible paths of transformation towards
creating an eco-socialist society, drawing out lessons that can be
applied internationally. This book will be of great interest to
students and researchers in economics, environmental studies and
political science.
As the global economy seeks to recover from the financial crisis
and warnings about the consequences of climate change abound, it is
clear that we need a fundamentally new approach to tackle these
issues. This innovative book offers a unique perspective, stressing
the necessity of both ecological and social change as it discusses
how to create a "red-green" or "eco-socialist" society. Examining
the current crises of welfare capitalism as well as the challenges
and conflicts of an eco-socialist society, the book proposes a new
social order that would combine the ideals of egalitarianism and of
environmental sustainability. It analyses the key social and
ecological issues related to the welfare state, including green
Keynesianism, ecological Marxism, the limits of growth and
no-growth, capitalist barriers to a renewable energy transition,
proposals for a universal basic income and the role of technology.
Finally, the book outlines possible paths of transformation towards
creating an eco-socialist society, drawing out lessons that can be
applied internationally. This book will be of great interest to
students and researchers in economics, environmental studies and
political science.
The Revival of Political Imagination offers a unique examination of
the methodological aspects of utopia. Discussing utopia as a tool
for social criticism, method and imaginative spaces - rather than
in terms of its content - this volume analyses the function of
utopias, to develop utopias as methodology and to show how
instrumental utopian modes of thought can be in such diverse fields
such as education, labour, and housing. Including discussions of
traditional and contemporary utopias, as well as various forms of
expression of utopian hope, from literature to social science and
cultural practices, The Revival of Political Imagination is both
analytical and practical in its elucidation of how political theory
can function to foster our imaginative skills.
The Revival of Political Imagination offers a unique examination of
the methodological aspects of utopia. Discussing utopia as a tool
for social criticism, method and imaginative spaces - rather than
in terms of its content - this volume analyses the function of
utopias, to develop utopias as methodology and to show how
instrumental utopian modes of thought can be in such diverse fields
such as education, labour, and housing. Including discussions of
traditional and contemporary utopias, as well as various forms of
expression of utopian hope, from literature to social science and
cultural practices, The Revival of Political Imagination is both
analytical and practical in its elucidation of how political theory
can function to foster our imaginative skills.
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