Slow down

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Can green capitalism save the planet? Is it even trying? Not when the very logic of the capitalist system pits it against Earth’s life support systems, as the Japanese philosopher Kohei Saito demonstrates in one of the most astonishing bestsellers of recent times. Drawing on cutting-edge research across multiple disciplines, Saito shows how nothing but a transformation of our economic life can save us from climate collapse. Karl Marx himself reached this breakthrough at the end of his life, long before climate change had even begun. What few people realise is that it radically altered his vision of proletarian revolution.…

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SKU: 9781399612982

Category: Bn2 Environment

Tags: Social & political philosophy

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A NEW YORKER BEST BOOK OF 2024

‘ACCESSIBLE AND CONVINCING’ – SALLY ROONEY

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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Weight	0,358 kg
Dimensions	23,2 × 15,2 × 3,4 cm
Author	Saito, Kohei
Publisher	Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Imprint	Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Cover	Paperback
Pages	288
Language	English
Edition	Export ed
Dewey	338.927 (edition:23)
Readership	General – Trade / Code: K

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