Ecologica
$28.80
- Paperback
186 pages
- Release Date
14 August 2018
Summary
Writing in 2007, French social philosopher André Gorz was remarkably prophetic, foretelling the international economic meltdown of 2008: “The real economy is becoming an appendage of the speculative bubbles sustained by the finance industry—until that inevitable point when the bubbles burst, leading to serial bank crashes and threatening the global system of credit with collapse and the real economy with a severe, prolonged depression.” This prescient article is collected in Ecologica alongsi…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780857425751 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0857425757 |
| Author: | André Gorz, Chris Turner |
| Publisher: | Seagull Books London Ltd |
| Imprint: | Seagull Books London Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 186 |
| Release Date: | 14 August 2018 |
| Weight: | 170g |
| Dimensions: | 20mm x 13mm x 2mm |
| Series: | The French List |
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Critics Review
“Skilfully translated by Chris Turner, this provocative collection of essays challenges ‘the domination by capital of our mode of life.’ One of the best pieces here is ‘The Social Ideology of the Car, ’ a masterpiece of clarity and insight, in which Gorz argues that the car killed off the city, as it did all altnerative modes of transport, and now, as the roads become increasingly congested, ‘the car is killing off the car.’”–Ian Pindar “Times Literary Supplement”
About The Author
André Gorz
André Gorz (1923-2007) was an Austrian and French social philosopher. Chris Turner is a writer and translator based in Birmingham, England.
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