Democratic Eco-Socialism as a Real Utopia: Transitioning to an Alternative World System

by Hans A. Baer

Overview

As global economic and population growth continues to skyrocket, increasingly strained resources have made one thing clear: the desperate need for an alternative to capitalism. In Democratic Eco-Socialism as a Real Utopia, Hans Baer outlines the urgent need to reevaluate historical definitions of socialism, commit to social equality and justice, and prioritize environmental sustainability. Democatic eco-socialism, as he terms it, is a system capable of mobilizing people around the world, albeit in different ways, to prevent on-going human socio-economic and environmental degradation, and anthropogenic climate change.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781785336966
Publisher:	Berghahn Books
Publication date:	10/01/2017
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	314
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

Hans A. Baer is a critical anthropologist and a Principal Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Melbourne. He has published 20 books, including four related to climate change.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgements

Introduction

Chapter 1. The Contradictions of the Capitalist World System at the Beginning of the Twentieth-First Century
Chapter 2. Twentieth-Century Attempts to Create Socialism: Successes and Failures
Chapter 3. Technoliberal and Countercultural Visions of the Future
Chapter 4. Efforts to Reconceptualize Socialism
Chapter 5. The Role of Anti-systemic Movements in Creating a Socio-ecological Revolution
Chapter 6. Transitional System-Challenging Reforms

Conclusion: The Future in the Balance

References
Index