Out of the Wreckage

What does the good life - and the good society - look like in the twenty-first century?

Informationen zum Autor George Monbiot writes a weekly column for the Guardian and is the author of a number of books, including Heat, The Age of Consent, Captive State, Feral and How Did We Get Into This Mess? . He recently helped to found Rewilding Britain, which seeks to redefine people's relationship to the living world. Klappentext Advances in psychology, neuroscience and evolutionary biology are brought together to indicate that humans are fundamentally altruistic and co-operative, and that the failures of capitalism may relate to its poor fit with the kinder nature of humans, in this bid for a gentler and more successful politics from "Guardian" columnist and author George Monbiot.

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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: Searching for Enchantment on the Frontiers of Rewilding. He is the founder of The Land is Ours, a peaceful campaign for the right of access to the countryside and its resources in the United Kingdom. He was presented with a United Nations Global 500 Award for outstanding environmental achievement by Nelson Mandela.

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Advances in psychology, neuroscience and evolutionary biology are brought together to indicate that humans are fundamentally altruistic and co-operative, and that the failures of capitalism may relate to its poor fit with the kinder nature of humans, in this bid for a gentler and more successful politics from "Guardian" columnist and author George Monbiot.

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What does the good life - and the good society - look like in the twenty-first century?