ECOLOGY AS POLITICS - Softcover

Gorz, Andre

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0919618715 ISBN 13: 9780919618718

Publisher: Black Rose Books, 1980

Synopsis

Andre Gorz, to my mind the greatest of modern French social thinkers, dares to venture where no one really has before. Fighters for democratic socialism and an ecological society have each recognized the handwriting on the wall: modern society cannot continue on its present path. Neither group, however, has even begun to recognize the other's value, beyond being little more than a tactical means towards achieving their own ends. Gorz, in this exciting and penetrating gem of a book, addresses precisely this question, and offers a connection between the political and the ecological.In an age of crisis the realist becomes visionary and the visionary the rational architect of the future. Andre Gorz is just that. The present decade will be a debacle for progressive change unless our creative efforts move towards linking our concerns with the quality of life to those of economic and political structure. Andre Gorz, as this little volume bears witness, has taken up where Herbert Marcuse left off. 'The only things worthy of each,' Gorz says, 'are those which are good for all.' This book is worthy indeed of each.

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About the Author

Andre Gorz was one of Europe's leading thinkers on politics. He is the author of several books including Ecology as Politics and Paths to Paradise.

Language Notes

Text: English, French (translation)

About this edition

• Publisher: Black Rose Books
• Publication date: 1980
• ISBN 10: 0919618715
• ISBN 13: 9780919618718
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 215