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How Did We Get Into This Mess? :Politics, Equality, Nature

4.03 ( 1,350 Ratings by Goodreads)
How Did We Get Into This Mess?

How Did We Get Into This Mess? :Politics, Equality, Nature

4.03 (1,350 Ratings by Goodreads)
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George Monbiot is one of the most vocal, and eloquent, critics of the current consensus. How Did We Get into this Mess?, based on his powerful journalism, assesses the state we are now in: the devastation of the natural world, the crisis of inequality, the corporate takeover of nature, our obsessions with growth and profit and the decline of the political debate over what to do.

While his diagnosis of the problems in front of us is clear-sighted and reasonable, he also develops solutions to challenge the politics of fear. How do we stand up to the powerful when they seem to have all the weapons? What can we do to prepare our children for an uncertain future? Controversial, clear but always rigorously argued, How Did We Get into this Mess? makes a persuasive case for change in our everyday lives, our politics and economics, the ways we treat each other and the natural world.
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Type Book
ISBN13 9781786630780
ISBN10 1786630788
Number Of Pages 352
Item Weight 378 g
Product Dimensions 129 x 198 x 23 mm
Publisher / Reseller Verso Books
Format paperback
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A dazzling command of science and relentless faith in people . I never miss reading him. -- Naomi Klein
What most impresses in Monbiot's clever, elegant writing is the way he strives to think beyond protest towards realistic, representative solutions to the problems of world politics and trade * The Times *
George Monbiot is always original-both in the intelligence of his opinions and the depth and rigour of his research. -- Brian Eno
His passion for social and ecological justice is undimmed by twenty-first-century cynicism. His desire for knowledge across the widest gamut of subjects (scientific, historical, political and cultural) enables him to reach places which are foreign territory to many of us * Herald *
A writer of eloquence and passion. * Observer *
How Did We Get into this Mess? does an excellent job of articulating the cultural dearth of our times and suggesting ways to counteract its causes and expressions, whilst resisting defeatism...[Monbiot] leaves his reader with a sense of hope, empowered to help build a better future * Marx & Philosophy *

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Author's Bio

George Monbiot writes a weekly column for the Guardian and is the author of a number of books, including Heat: How to Stop the Planet Burning; The Age of Consent: A Manifesto for a New World Order; Captive State: The Corporate Takeover of Britain; and Feral: Rewilding the Land, Sea and Human Life. He recently helped to found Rewilding Britain, which seeks to redefine people's relationship to the living world.

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