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As global economic and population growth continues to skyrocket, increasingly strained resources have made one thing clear: the desperate need for an alternative to capitalism. In Democratic Eco-Socialism as a Real Utopia, Hans Baer outlines the urgent need to reevaluate historical definitions of socialism, commit to social equality and justice, and prioritize environmental sustainability. Democatic eco-socialism, as he terms it, is a system capable of mobilizing people around the world, albeit in different ways, to prevent on-going human socio-economic and environmental degradation, and anthropogenic climate change.
List of contents
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Chapter 1. The Contradictions of the Capitalist World System at the Beginning of the Twentieth-First Century
Chapter 2. Twentieth-Century Attempts to Create Socialism: Successes and Failures
Chapter 3. Technoliberal and Countercultural Visions of the Future
Chapter 4. Efforts to Reconceptualize Socialism
Chapter 5. The Role of Anti-systemic Movements in Creating a Socio-ecological Revolution
Chapter 6. Transitional System-Challenging Reforms
Conclusion: The Future in the Balance
References
Index
About the author
Hans A. Baer is a critical anthropologist and a Principal Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Melbourne. He has published 20 books, including four related to climate change.
Summary
As global economic and population growth continues to skyrocket, increasingly strained resources have made one thing clear: the desperate need for an alternative to capitalism. In Democratic Eco-Socialism as a Real Utopia, Hans Baer outlines the urgent need to reevaluate historical definitions of socialism, commit to social equality and justice, and prioritize environmental sustainability. Democatic eco-socialism, as he terms it, is a system capable of mobilizing people around the world, albeit in different ways, to prevent on-going human socio-economic and environmental degradation, and anthropogenic climate change.
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“This book has great potential to be useful as a guide to thinking about the global climate crisis and the politics necessary to overcome the problems.” · Jon Marshall, University of Technology Sydney
“A very relevant, interesting, and useful book.” · Ariel Salleh, University of Sydney
