Rethinking Socialism
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-0353-2637-2 (ISBN)
Chapters cover a vast array of topics, including today’s economic-ecological meta-crisis, digital socialism, the need for an immediate, effective transition to more sustainable living, and the recent effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Recognizing modern-day politics’ aversion to the ‘s-word’, Dörre reformulates socialism for a contemporary audience and argues for the practicality and realisability of alternatives to capitalism. In a ground-breaking approach, Dörre uses the UN Sustainable Development Goals as a normative basis upon which to measure the actions and policies which will be needed to create just and resilient societies. The book outlines and recommends key transitional strategies that can serve as a compass guiding us to a sustainable world.
This timely book will be a vital resource for researchers, academics and students of sociology and sociological theory, political theory and philosophy, political economy and international politics. Providing an innovative approach to many of society’s current issues, Rethinking Socialism will also be of interest to governmental policymakers and think-tank experts as well as trade unionists, climate activists, and those involved in feminist and indigenous movements.
Klaus Dörre, Professor of Sociology, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Germany
Contents
Introduction: socialism and a sustainability revolution
1 Visions: “pandemic halts climate change!”
2 Concepts: radical humanism, post-growth, neosocialism?
3 Heuristics: socialism – from science to Utopia
4 Diagnosis: Landnahme, pincer crisis, Anthropocene
5 Reasons: why sustainable socialism?
6 Sustainability: a new order of justification
7 Foundations: contours of sustainable socialist societies
8 Productive forces: digital socialism?
9 Efficiency: democratic planning, humane work, liberated life
10 Catastrophes: socialism or pandemic
11 Transitions: sustainable socialism now!
Conclusion: socialism in the mêlée
The window of opportunity is closing! Afterword to the 2nd edition
Rethinking socialism for the 21st century: afterword to the
English edition
Index
Erscheinungsdatum | 11.04.2024 |
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Reihe/Serie | Rethinking Sociology series |
Verlagsort | Cheltenham |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
ISBN-10 | 1-0353-2637-X / 103532637X |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-0353-2637-2 / 9781035326372 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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