Corona, climate, chronic emergency : war communism in the twenty-first century / Andreas Malm.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Malm, Andreas, 1977- author.

Series:

Coronavirus pamphlet series.

Coronavirus pamphlet series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental health.

Climatic changes--Health aspects.

Climatic changes.

Public health--Political aspects.

Public health.

Public health--Economic aspects.

Public health--Environmental aspects.

COVID-19 (Disease).

Political science.

Economics.

Climatology.

Physical Description:

215 pages ; 20 cm.

Place of Publication:

London, England : Verso, 2020.

Summary:

"The economic and social impact of the coronavirus pandemic has been unprecedented. Governments have spoken of being at war and find themselves forced to seek new powers in order to maintain social order and prevent the spread of the virus. This is often exercised with the notion that we will return to normal as soon as we can. What if that is not possible? Secondly, if the state can mobilize itself in the face of an invisible foe like this pandemic, it should also be able to confront visible dangers such as climate destruction with equal force. In Corona, Climate, Chronic Emergency, leading environmental thinker, Andreas Malm demands that this war-footing state should be applied on a permanent basis to the ongoing climate front line. He offers proposals on how the climate movement should use this present emergency to make that case. There can be no excuse for inaction any longer."--Amazon

Contents:

Corona and climate

Chronic emergency

War Communism

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-215)

Other Format:

Electronic version: Malm, Andreas, 1977- Corona, climate, chronic emergency.

ISBN:

9781839762154

1839762152

OCLC:

1153031442

Publisher Number:

99986236469