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After the environment collapses, humanity lives in a sealed, luxury shopping mall a thousand miles across. It might seem like a paradise, but Mallworld's greedy oligarchs subjugate the people through overwork, overconsumption, and bloody spectacles. Jime Galilei is a cynical, failing everyman who rejects bread-and-circus consumerism and ignites a political revolution to revive democracy, community, and a green Earth.In this book that explores political theory through a fictional dystopian world, Mallworld, Incorporated tries to answer the question: "How can we build a better world when society shapes our very individuality to exploit us?"
About the author
Jeffery Zavadil is an author and political theorist interested in democratic socialism, classical republicanism, environmentalism, liberalism, and communitarianism. He has done policy work on democracy and human rights as well as analysis of global political extremism. He has taught college courses on ideologies, democratic theory, and political metaphor. He lives in Washington, D.C. with his girlfriend and their cat, and when not reading, writing, or discussing philosophy and politics, he enjoys jazz, modern art, and modern architecture, and travels when he can. He is an activist with progressive political groups and helps organize the best philosophy book club in D.C.
