Overview

Andre Gorz, to my mind the greatest of modern French social thinkers, dares to venture where no one really has before. Fighters for democratic socialism and an ecological society have each recognised the handwriting on the wall: modern society cannot continue on its present path. Neither group, however, has even begun to recognise the other's value, beyond being little more than a tactical means towards achieving their own ends. Gorz, in this exciting and penetrating gem of a book, addresses precisely this question, and offers a connection between the political and the ecological. In an age of crisis the realist becomes visionary and the visionary the rational architect of the future. Andre Gorz is just that. The present decade will be a debacle for progressive change unless our creative efforts move towards linking our concerns with the quality of life to those of economic and political structure. Andre Gorz, as this little volume bears witness, has taken up where Herbert Marcuse left off.

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Author:   Andre Gorz ,  Patsy Vigderman ,  Jonathan Cloud
Publisher:   Pluto Press
Imprint:   Pluto Press
Dimensions:   Width: 13.50cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 21.50cm
Weight:   0.318kg
ISBN:  

9780861047123

ISBN 10:   0861047125
Pages:   224
Publication Date:   01 January 1987
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction: Two Kinds of Ecology. 1. Ecology and Freedom. Ecological realism Political economy and ecology: Marx and Illich Ecology and the inversion of tools Ecology and the crisis of capitalism The poverty of affluence Equality and difference Social self-regulation and regulation from outside Seven theses by way of conclusion. A possible utopia. 2. Ecology and Society. Reinventing the future Affluence dooms itself The social ideology of the motorcar Socialism or ecofascism Twelve billion people? 3. The Logic of Tools. Nuclear energy: a preeminently political choice From nuclear electricity to electric fascism Boundless Imperialism: the multinationals Labour and the 'quality of life' 4. Medicine, Health and Society. Introduction. Medicine and illness Health and society Science and class: the case of medicine. Epilogue: The Continuing American Revolution.

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''The only things worthy of each,' Gorz says, 'are those which are good for all.' This book is worthy indeed of each' -- Herb Gintis co-author of Schooling in Capitalist America

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Andre Gorz is one of Europe's leading thinkers on politics. He is the author of several books including Ecology as Politics and Paths to Paradise.

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