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Economic Futures: Climate Change and Modernity
The life of our planet has reached a critical stage. Its survival depends on our ability to rethink our relationship with ecology, and create a new economy which does not rely on economic growth, and supports care and sustainability for our planet.

This book examines histories of alternative economic theories to advocate for different ways of economic distribution that do not keep producing emissions. It calls into question our philosophy of time, our relationship with ecology, and the original creation of debt, interest, and ways of avoiding exponential economic growth. The author uses ideas from Maori philosophy, Mesopotamian finance and quantum mechanics to set out a new basis for economic theory which is no longer set up on greedy individualism, or a hierarchical trickle-down effect, or even overall economic growth. Instead, this new materialist philosophy emphasises the integration of humanity and the ecosystem, and sets out to create a philosophy of economics built on interconnection and care.
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Economic Futures: Climate Change and Modernity
The life of our planet has reached a critical stage. Its survival depends on our ability to rethink our relationship with ecology, and create a new economy which does not rely on economic growth, and supports care and sustainability for our planet.

This book examines histories of alternative economic theories to advocate for different ways of economic distribution that do not keep producing emissions. It calls into question our philosophy of time, our relationship with ecology, and the original creation of debt, interest, and ways of avoiding exponential economic growth. The author uses ideas from Maori philosophy, Mesopotamian finance and quantum mechanics to set out a new basis for economic theory which is no longer set up on greedy individualism, or a hierarchical trickle-down effect, or even overall economic growth. Instead, this new materialist philosophy emphasises the integration of humanity and the ecosystem, and sets out to create a philosophy of economics built on interconnection and care.
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Economic Futures: Climate Change and Modernity

Economic Futures: Climate Change and Modernity

by Ruth Irwin
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Economic Futures: Climate Change and Modernity

by Ruth Irwin

Overview

The life of our planet has reached a critical stage. Its survival depends on our ability to rethink our relationship with ecology, and create a new economy which does not rely on economic growth, and supports care and sustainability for our planet.

This book examines histories of alternative economic theories to advocate for different ways of economic distribution that do not keep producing emissions. It calls into question our philosophy of time, our relationship with ecology, and the original creation of debt, interest, and ways of avoiding exponential economic growth. The author uses ideas from Maori philosophy, Mesopotamian finance and quantum mechanics to set out a new basis for economic theory which is no longer set up on greedy individualism, or a hierarchical trickle-down effect, or even overall economic growth. Instead, this new materialist philosophy emphasises the integration of humanity and the ecosystem, and sets out to create a philosophy of economics built on interconnection and care.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781786615114
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date: 10/15/2024
Pages: 360
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)
Age Range: 18 Years

About the Author

Ruth Irwin researches climate change, Continental philosophy and political economy and has served as professor at the University of Aberdeen and the University of Fiji. She is the author of Heidegger, Politics and Climate Change and has edited three other books, Climate Change and Philosophy, Labour and Education, and Beyond the Free Market as well as authoring many journal articles and book chapters.

Table of Contents

Acronyms

Section One: Alienation from Nature: Growth and Finance

Chapter One: Scoping New Narratives

Chapter Two: Modern Economic Growth

Chapter Three: Finance and Systemic Growth

Chapter Four: Calculation, Risk and Fear

Section Two: Time and Technology

Chapter Five: Alienation and the Simulacra

Chapter Six: Technology Shapes the Way People Think

Chapter Seven: Ancient Technology, Time, and Debt

Chapter Eight: Thermodynamic Economics

Section Three: Foundational Entanglement

Chapter Nine: Technology, Learning, and Dissolving Alienation

Chapter Ten: Quantum Physics and the Ontological Turn

Chapter Eleven: Postcarbon Futures

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