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How did we get into this mess? : politics, equality, nature / George Monbiot.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Monbiot, George, 1963- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Social history--21st century.
- Social history.
- World politics--21st century.
- World politics.
- Economic history--21st century.
- Economic history.
- Corporations--Political activity.
- Corporations.
- Business and politics.
- Environmental degradation.
- Globalization.
- Corporations--Political practices.
- Local Subjects:
- Social history--21st century.
- Economic history--21st century.
- Corporations--Political practices.
- Environmental degradation.
- World politics--21st century.
- Business and politics.
- Globalization.
- Physical Description:
- x, 342 pages ; 20 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Verso, 2017.
- Summary:
- George Monbiot is one of the most vocal, and eloquent, critics of the current consensus. How Did We Get into this Mess?, based on his powerful journalism, assesses the state we are now in: the devastation of the natural world, the crisis of inequality, the corporate takeover of nature, our obsessions with growth and profit and the decline of the political debate over what to do. While his diagnosis of the problems in front of us is clear-sighted and reasonable, he also develops solutions to challenge the politics of fear. How do we stand up to the powerful when they seem to have all the weapons? What can we do to prepare our children for an uncertain future? Controversial, clear but always rigorously argued, How Did We Get into this Mess? makes a persuasive case for change in our everyday lives, our politics and economics, the ways we treat each other and the natural world.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Part 1: There Is Such a Thing as Society. Falling Apart
- Deviant and Proud
- Work-Force
- Addicted to Comfort
- Dead Zone
- Help Addicts, but Lock Up the Casual Users of Cocaine
- Part 2: Lost Youth. Rewild the Child
- The Child Inside
- Amputating Life Close to Its Base
- 'Bug Splats'
- Kin Hell
- The Sacrificial Caste
- A Modest Proposal for Tackling Youth
- Pro-Death
- Part 3: The Wild Life. Everything is Connected
- Civilisation is Boring
- End of an Era
- The Population Myth
- The Dawning
- Part 4: Feeding Frenzy. Sheepwrecked
- Ripping Apart the Fabric of the Nation
- Drowning in Money
- Small is Bountiful
- Part 5: Energy Vampires. Leave It in the Ground
- Applauding Themselves to Death
- The Grime behind the Crim
- Going Critical
- Power Crazed
- Part 6: Riches and Ruin. The Impossibility of Growth
- Curb Your Malthusiasm
- Kleptoremunertation
- The Self-Attribution Fallacy
- The Lairds of Learning
- The Man Who Wants to Northern Rock the Planet
- The Gift of Death
- Part 7: Dance with the One Who Brung You. How the Billionaires Broke the System
- Plutocracy's Boot Boys
- How Did We Get Into This Mess
- Going Naked
- Part 8: Out of Sight, Out of Mind. The Holocaust We Will Not See
- The Empire Strikes Back
- Unremitting Pain
- Bomb Everyone
- Part 9: Holding Us Down. A Global Ban on Leftwing Politics
- Innocent until Proven Dead
- The Paranoia Squad
- Union with the Devil
- Part 10: Finding Our Place. Someone Else's Story
- Highland Spring
- A Telling Science
- The Values of Everything
- Acknowledgements
- Notes
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-332) and index.
- Other Edition:
- Reproduction of: Monbiot, George, 1963- London : Verso, [2016]
- ISBN:
- 1786630788
- 9781786630780
- OCLC:
- 951753787
- Publisher Number:
- 99978981816
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