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How Degrowth Communism Can Save the Earth

Social and political philosophy Society and culture: general Economic growth Environmental economics Climate change

Author: Kohei Saito

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Language: English

Published by: Weidenfeld & Nicolson

Published on: 18th January 2024

Format: LCP-protected ePub

ISBN: 9781399613002


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Capitalism by its very nature puts us at odds with the environment. Therefore, argues award-winning Japanese philosopher Kohei Saito, the future must belong to a new form of communism, the only fair and humane existence the limits of nature can support.

Drawing on a revelatory new reading of Karl Marx''s enigmatic final writings, Saito shows us how nothing but a transformation of our economic life can save us from climate collapse. There is no alternative: the endless acceleration of capital has run out of road. If we can''t slow down, we will crash.

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