Out of the Wreckage
A leading environmental and political commentator draws a roadmap towards new politicsoffering a rallying cry for a new vision of what a ‘good’ society can bein this “dazzling command of science and relentless faith in people” (Naomi Klein, author of The Shock Doctrine)

What does the good life—and the good society—look like in the 21st century?

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.
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Out of the Wreckage
A leading environmental and political commentator draws a roadmap towards new politicsoffering a rallying cry for a new vision of what a ‘good’ society can bein this “dazzling command of science and relentless faith in people” (Naomi Klein, author of The Shock Doctrine)

What does the good life—and the good society—look like in the 21st century?

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.
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Out of the Wreckage

Out of the Wreckage

by George Monbiot
Out of the Wreckage

Out of the Wreckage

by George Monbiot

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A leading environmental and political commentator draws a roadmap towards new politicsoffering a rallying cry for a new vision of what a ‘good’ society can bein this “dazzling command of science and relentless faith in people” (Naomi Klein, author of The Shock Doctrine)

What does the good life—and the good society—look like in the 21st century?

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781786632890
Publisher: Verso Books
Publication date: 06/05/2018
Pages: 224
Sales rank: 754,181
Product dimensions: 5.00(w) x 7.70(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

George Monbiot writes a weekly column for the Guardian and is the author of a number of books, including How Did We Get into this Mess?; Heat: How to Stop the Planet Burning; The Age of Consent: A Manifesto for a New World Order; Captive State: The Corporate Takeover of Britain; and Feral: Rewilding the Land, Sea, and Human Life. His most recent project is an album, written with the musician Ewan McLennan, called Breaking the Spell of Loneliness.

Table of Contents

1 A Story of Our Times 1

2 A Captive Audience 29

3 Don't Look Back 42

4 Alienation 54

5 Belonging 71

6 Our Economy 93

7 Framing the Economy 113

8 Our Politics 132

9 Making It Happen 165

Conclusion: the Politics of Belonging 182

Acknowledgements 187

Notes 191

Index 205

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