Fully Automated Luxury Communism - A Manifesto

Fully Automated Luxury Communism promises a radically new left future for everyone. New technologies will liberate us from work, providing the opportunity to build a society beyond both capitalism and scarcity. Automation, rather than undermining an economy built on full employment, is instead the path to a world of liberty, luxury and happiness. Solar power will deliver the energy that we need, while asteroid mining will deliver the necessary resources, allowing us to end the devastation of our environment. Innovations in AI, gene editing, food technology will leads us to new ways of living better lives.In his first book, radical political commentator Aaron Bastani conjures a new politics: a vision of a world of unimaginable hope, highlighting how we move to energy abundance, feed a world of nine billion, overcome work, transcend the limits of biology and build meaningful freedom for everyone. Rather than a final destination, such a society heralds the beginning of history.

Info autore

Aaron Bastani is co-founder and senior editor at Novara Media. He holds a PhD from the New Political Communication Unit, University of London, examining social movements in the digital environment which fail to correspond to the traditional logic of collective action. His research interests include new media, social movements, asymmetric strategies and post-scarcity political economy. He has written for Vice, London Review of Books, Guardian and Open Democracy.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Aaron Bastani
• Editore: Verso
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 30.06.2020
• EAN: 9781786632630
• ISBN: 978-1-78663-263-0
• Pagine: 288
• Dimensioni: 130 mm x 198 mm x 18 mm
• Categorie: Saggistica; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Scienze politiche e cittadinanza attiva; Popular Culture, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, Economics, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Commentary & Opinion, Economic Geography, Far-left political ideologies and movements, Economics of specific sectors, Marxism & Communism, Left-of-centre democratic ideologies and movements