Williams, Austin
The Enemies of Progress
It is a malign philosophy of misanthropy, low aspirations and restraint. This book argues for a destruction of the mantra of sustainability, removing its unthinking status as orthodoxy, and for the reinstatement of the notions of development, progress, experimentation and ambition in its place.
Al Gore insists that the ‘debate is over’, while musician K.T. Tunstall, spokesperson for ‘Global Cool’, a campaign to get stars to minimize their carbon footprint, says ‘so many people are getting involved that it is becoming really quite uncool not to be involved’. This book will say that it might not be cool, but it is imperative to argue against the moralizing of politics so that we can start to unpick the contemporary world of restrictive, sustainable practices.
Avainsanat: Sustainability, society, politics, philosophy, misanthropy, progress, development, experimentation, ambition, global warming, carbon footprint, morality, humanism, environmentalism, climate change, environmental science, green, parochialism, transport, mobility, colonialism
- Tekijä(t)
- Williams, Austin
- Julkaisija
- Andrews UK
- Julkaisuvuosi
- 2016
- Kieli
- en
- Painos
- 2
- Sarja
- Societas
- Sivumäärä
- 162 sivua
- Kategoriat
- Yhteiskunta
- Kasvatus, opetus
- Tiedostomuoto
- E-kirja
- eISBN (ePUB)
- 9781845405922
- Painetun ISBN
- 9781845400989