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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Clammer, John

Titel

Cultures of transition and sustainability : culture after capitalism [electronic resource]

Auflage

1st ed. 2016

Ort / Verlag

New York : Palgrave Macmillan US

Erscheinungsjahr

2016

Link zum Volltext

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Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Description based upon print version of record.
• Includes bibliographical references and index.
• 1. Global Shifts/Cultural Shifts -- 2. The Socio-Economics of Transition -- 3. Pathways to Transition -- 4. Renewing Culture -- 5. Renewing Community -- 6. Towards an Eco-Just Society -- 7. Ethics of the New Society -- 8. Theorizing Post-Capitalist Culture.
• Contending that culture lies at the root of our current planetary and civilizational crisis, this book uniquely explores the nature of the specifically cultural dimensions of that crisis and how culture relates to the areas of politics, policy, economics, ecology and the whole discourse of sustainability. It debates how profoundly our world is shaped by capitalist culture, emphasizing the import of political culture and policy, social justice, leadership and community in the shaping of a new cultural sustainability. It also reintroduces questions of religion, art, citizenship and comparative culture into the sustainability debate and suggests ways in which the central issue of consumer culture can be rethought and others in which socially satisfactory transitions to a sustainable future might be achieved. Addressing the specific role of culture in our crisis and of how to build cultural resources for transition, this cutting edge text provides the reader with an introduction to the literature on culture and sustainability, and both practical and theoretical tools for creating and advancing a humane and ecologically responsible future.