New Age of Catastrophe (eBook)

Alex Callinicos is Emeritus Professor of European Studies at King's College London.

Preface and Acknowledgements

Introduction

Chapter 1 Antechamber to the Present

Chapter 2 The Destruction of Nature

Chapter 3 Economic Stagnation

Chapter 4 Hegemonic Decline and Geopolitical Antagonism

Chapter 5 Revolt and Reaction

Chapter 6 Pulling the Emergency Cord

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"This splendid new book by one of the world's foremost Marxist thinkers is essential reading to understand the permanent state of emergency that characterises contemporary politics, its history, its causes and the path to an alternative. Callinicos's lucid effort to reflect from a unified perspective on the multiple crises - environmental, economic, geopolitical, social - the world confronts is as intellectually rewarding as it is politically urgent."
Lea Ypi, London School of Economics

"A timely, informative and highly readable commentary for anyone wanting to make sense of the turmoil of world affairs today."
Justin Rosenberg, University of Sussex

"Covid. Economic immiseration. War. We are living in a time of perpetual crisis. Crisis is inherent to capitalism, and as Alex Callinicos compellingly argues in his new book, to avert catastrophe, we must confront capitalism."
Paul A. Passavant, Hobart and William Smith Colleges

"Vital reading for anyone who wants to be part of the struggle for a future we can live in."
Socialist Worker