The enemies of progress : the dangers of sustainability
tarafından
 
Williams, Austin. author

Başlık
The enemies of progress : the dangers of sustainability

Yazar
Williams, Austin. author

ISBN
9781845400989

Yazar Ek Girişi
Williams, Austin. author

Fiziksel Tanımlama
156 pages ; 21 cm.

İçerik
Cover ; Contents ; Front Matter ; Title Page ; Publisher Information ; Dedication ; The Enemies of Progress ; Introduction ; The New Parochialists ; The Opt-Outs ; The Limit-Setters ; The Indoctrinators ; The Pessimists ; The New Colonialists ; The Misanthropists ; The 'Progressives' ; Back Matter ; Index ; Also Available.

Özet
This polemical book examines the concept of sustainability and presents a critical exploration of its all-pervasive influence on society, arguing that sustainability, manifested in several guises, represents a pernicious and corrosive doctrine that has survived primarily because there seems to be no alternative to its canon: in effect, its bi-partisan appeal has depressed critical engagement and neutered politics. 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.

Konu Başlığı
Economic development.
 
Ekonomik kalkınma.
 
Economic development -- Political aspects.
 
Ekonomik kalkınma -- Siyasal etkiler.
 
Progress.
 
İlerleme.
 
Progress -- Political aspects.
 
İlerleme -- Siyasal etkiler.


LibraryMateryal TürüDemirbaşYer NumarasıDurumu / Lokasyon / İade Tarihi
Ekonomi KütüphanesiKitapEKOBKN0003454338.9 WIL 2008Merkez Kütüphane Genel Koleksiyon