LESS IS MORE: HOW DEGROWTH WILL SAVE THE WORLD by Jason Hickel

Saturday, 26 October

LESS IS MORE: HOW DEGROWTH WILL SAVE THE WORLD by Jason Hickel

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At this session of our counter-narratives circle we will discuss "Less is More: How Degrowth will Save the World" by Jason Hickel. The book (pdf) is downloadable for free online. Everyone attending needs to do the reading beforehand, but it's OK if you don't manage to finish in time!

In this book Jason Hickel takes everything we've been taught about growth and development, and turns it on its head. The book offers a radical but attainable vision of a post-growth future. To get there we need to transform how we see nature and our place in it, from an attitude of domination and extraction to one rooted in reciprocity and regeneration. By rejecting the dogmas of capitalism we can achieve a system that's fit for the twenty-first century.

The book tackles basic issues such as jobs, health and "progress," offering a glimpse of a post-capitalist economy that's more just, more caring – and more fun! A world where, by taking less, we can become more. 

Please contact me at spxx@kpnmail.nl for further info or if you plan to attend.

About the author: Jason Hickel is an economic anthropologist, author, and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.  He is Professor at the Institute for Environmental Science and Technology at the Autonomous University of Barcelona, Visiting Senior Fellow at the International Inequalities Institute at the London School of Economics, and Chair Professor of Global Justice and the Environment at the University of Oslo.

NOTE: There will be a donation jar and some refreshments available (cash or pin). Please think about donating something if you are able; a place like NieuwLand can only exist through the contributions of volunteers and friends, who know of the importance of places like this, which exist alternative to an individualistic society, capitalist economy and gentrifying neighbourhoods.

 

Date & Time: 

Saturday, 26 October, 2024 - 16:00

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  • meeting

Price: 

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  • by donation

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The ravages of imperialism and capitalism are by now visible everywhere, devastating the lives of hundreds of millions at home and abroad: from staggering inequality at home to imperialist wars abroad – and environmental crises everywhere.

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Once a month. Events already planned (others will be announced later):

TEN MYTHS ABOUT ISRAEL by Ilan Pappé (25th May 2024, 16:00 to 18:00, Nieuwland)

THE HUNDRED YEARS' WAR ON PALESTINE by Rashid Khalidi (22nd June 2024, 16:00 to 18:00, Nieuwland)

ENVIRONMENTAL WARFARE, ECOCIDE AND FOSSIL IMPERIALISM IN PALESTINE Two perspectives by Shourideh C. Molavi and Andreas Malm (27th July 2024, 16:00 to 18:00, Nieuwland)

REBEL CITIES: FROM THE RIGHT TO THE CITY TO THE URBAN REVOLUTION by David Harvey (31st August 2024, 16:00 to 18:00, Nieuwland)

LESS IS MORE: HOW DEGROWTH WILL SAVE THE WORLD by Jason Hickel (26th October 2024, 16:00 to 18:00, Nieuwland)

THE EYE OF THE MASTER: A SOCIAL HISTORY OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE by Matteo Pasquinelli (7th December, 16:00 to 18:00, Nieuwland)

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