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Beschreibung
What causes climate change, social breakdown, rampant inequality and the creeping spread of ubiquitous surveillance? Capitalism. What is the only alternative to capitalism? Socialism.
Socialism cannot, however, remain static if it is going to save civilisation from these catastrophes. In this urgent manifesto for a 21st century left, Jeremy Gilbert shows that we need a revitalised socialist politics that learns from the past to adapt to contemporary challenges. He argues that socialism must overcome its industrial origins and give priority to an environmental agenda. In an age of global networks, digital technology and instant communication, central government diktat and restrictions on free speech and movement must be jettisoned. We need to control the economy rather than let it control us - but we must do this by empowering workers, citizens and communities to run their world their way.
It's time to take back the wealth, the services and the platforms that our own energy has built. In the digital age, it's time for a new socialism.
What causes climate change, social breakdown, rampant inequality and the creeping spread of ubiquitous surveillance? Capitalism. What is the only alternative to capitalism? Socialism.
Socialism cannot, however, remain static if it is going to save civilisation from these catastrophes. In this urgent manifesto for a 21st century left, Jeremy Gilbert shows that we need a revitalised socialist politics that learns from the past to adapt to contemporary challenges. He argues that socialism must overcome its industrial origins and give priority to an environmental agenda. In an age of global networks, digital technology and instant communication, central government diktat and restrictions on free speech and movement must be jettisoned. We need to control the economy rather than let it control us - but we must do this by empowering workers, citizens and communities to run their world their way.
It's time to take back the wealth, the services and the platforms that our own energy has built. In the digital age, it's time for a new socialism.
Über den Autor
Jeremy Gilbert is Professor of Cultural and Political Theory at the University of East London
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction

Part One: Capitalism and Socialism

Chapter One: The Cause of the Trouble
Chapter Two: Why Socialism?

Part Two: Welcome to the Twenty-First Century

Chapter Three: How did We Get Here?
Chapter Four: Where are We Now?

Part Three: Twenty-First Century Socialism

Chapter Five: The Programme
Chapter Six: The Strategy

Notes
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
Genre: Importe, Politikwissenschaften
Rubrik: Wissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Reihe: Radical Futures
Inhalt: IntroductionPart One: Capitalism and SocialismChapter One: The Cause of the TroubleChapter Two: Why Socialism?Part Two: Welcome to the Twenty-First CenturyChapter Three: How did We Get Here?Chapter Four: Where are We Now?Part Three: Twenty-First Century
ISBN-13: 9781509536566
ISBN-10: 1509536566
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Gilbert, Jeremy
Hersteller: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Radical Futures
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 190 x 126 x 15 mm
Von/Mit: Jeremy Gilbert
Erscheinungsdatum: 07.02.2020
Gewicht: 0,17 kg
Artikel-ID: 116762965