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020 $a9781786632883 (hbk.) :$cNT$873
040 $aTWTNM$beng$dTWTNM
050 00$aJA76$b.M59 2017
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100 1 $aMonbiot, George,$d1963-$eauthor.
245 10$aOut of the wreckage :$ba new politics in an age of crisis /$cGeorge Monbiot.
260 $aLondon :$bVerso,$c2017.
300 $a214 p. :$bill. ;$c22 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 $aA thrilling new route to a better society A toxic ideology of extreme competition and individualism has come to dominate our world. It misrepresents human nature, destroying hope and common purpose. Only a positive vision can replace it, a new story that re-engages people in politics and lights a path to a better future. George Monbiot shows how new findings in psychology, neuroscience and evolutionary biology cast human nature in a radically different light: as the supreme altruists and cooperators. He shows how we can build on these findings to create a new politics: a politics of belonging. Both democracy and economic life can be radically reorganized from the bottom up, enabling us to take back control and overthrow the forces that have thwarted our ambitions for a better society. Urgent and passionate, Out of the Wreckage provides the hope and clarity required to change the world--$cProvided by publisher.
520 $aMaps a thrilling new route to a better society: the political story that will replace the failed narratives wrecking our world. Today, our lives are dominated by an ideology of extreme competition and individualism. This misrepresents human nature, destroys hope and common purpose. But we cannot replace it without a positive vision, one that re-engages people in politics and lights a path to a better world. George Monbiot explains how communities can be rebuilt, with the help of a new politics of belonging. He shows how to rescue politics through a radical redesign of elections and political rules, coupled with novel forms of direct democracy. A new economic model will allow communities to own their crucial resources and give people control of public investment, beyond the market or the state. This vision can be realised through spectacular new models of political organising, that overcome established power through mutual aid, operating on a grand scale. Urgent, and passionate, Out of the Wreckage provides the hope and purpose required to change the world--$cProvided by publisher.
650 0$aSocial movements$xPolitical aspects.
650 0$aPolitical sociology.
650 0$aEconomics$xSociological aspects.
650 0$aPolitical participation.
650 0$aDirect democracy.