The Disenchanted Earth

Reflections on Ecosocialism and Barbarism

Author: Richard Seymour Series: Mood Indigo

From Richard Seymour, one of the UK’s leading public intellectuals, comes a characteristic blend of forensic insight and analysis, personal journey, and a vivid respect for the natural world. This collection of essays chronicles his ecological awakening and brings his radical perspective to the spectre of climate collapse.

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This chronological collection of pieces, many originally from his Patreon blog, demonstrates his ecological awakening and brings his radical perspective to the spectre of climate collapse.

Critic Reviews

“"With a particular appeal to readers with an interest in nature writing, earth science, and the art of the essay, 'The Disenchanted Earth: Reflections on Ecosocialism and Barbarism' is especially and unreservedly recommended for personal, community, and academic library collections." -- Midwest Book Review”

In Conversation with Richard Seymour

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‘This is a persuasive call for a new, radical understanding.’

-- Sam Knights Jacobin

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'Richard remains one of the sharpest thinkers and most stylish writers on the contemporary Marxist left...never less that interesting and insightful.'

-- Russell Warfield Resurgaence and Ecologist magazine

About the Author

Richard Seymour is a writer and broadcaster from Northern Ireland and the author of numerous books about politics including Against Austerity and Corbyn: The Strange Rebirth of Radical Politics. His writing appears in the The New York Times, the London Review of Books, the Guardian, Prospect, Jacobin, and innumerable other places including his own Patreon. He is an editor at Salvage magazine.

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Richard Seymour is one of the UK's leading public intellectuals. A regular contributor to a range of periodicals including the Guardian, The New York Times, Financial Times and the London Review of Books, he combines an incisive and well-honed intelligence with exceptional political antennae. This chronological collection of pieces, many originally from his Patreon blog, demonstrates his ecological awakening and brings his radical perspective to the spectre of climate collapse.