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Out of the Wreckage
- A New Politics for an Age of Crisis
- Narrated by: George Monbiot
- Length: 5 hrs and 11 mins
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Summary
A toxic ideology rules the world of extreme competition and individualism. It misrepresents human nature, destroying hope and common purpose. Only a positive vision can replace it, a new story that reengages people in politics and lights a path to a better world.
George Monbiot shows how new findings in psychology, neuroscience and evolutionary biology cast human nature in a radically different light: as the supreme altruists and cooperators. He shows how we can build on these findings to create a new politics: a 'politics of belonging'.
Both democracy and economic life can be radically reorganized from the bottom up, enabling us to take back control and overthrow the forces that have thwarted our ambitions for a better society.
Urgent and passionate, Out of the Wreckage provides the hope and clarity required to change the world.
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- Bumble
- 06-09-19
Highly Recommended
George has an insightful mind and is an excellent speaker. This book is both engaging and inspirational. Even if have never read/heard a book by George Monbiot before I recommend trying this one.
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- Ms
- 09-04-24
Refreshing
Full of inspiration and ideas for turning away from the crisis our world is in.
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- papapownall
- 04-08-19
Realistic critique of the current world order
George Monbiot is best known as an environmental campaigner, In this book he throws his net wider to assess the state of global geopolitics and the dichotomy of human nature (fundamentally altruistic) with neo-liberalism and the quest for self serving economic growth in a world with finite resources. The concept of the nation state is questioned and the democratic process that we cherish in the Western World is probed. Monbiot argues that the United States is a plutocracy where political power can be bought and sold and that only c0.8m of the c60m in the United Kingdom have any political influence due to the "first past the post" system. Much of this is stating the obvious and, as Monbiot rightly states, those who hold power are unlikely to relinquish it by changing the system to a fairer method where people really are able to influence policies such as the examples quoted in Switzerland and a few specific experiments in Brazil. What is clear it that our current system of politics is broken and it is only by reverting to a true representation of the electorate similar to Sortition that we will be able to achieve true collective decision making. The book ends on an optimistic note with the example of US Democrat Candidate Bernie Saunders who formed a grass roots movement to challenge Hillary Clinton in 2016 and narrowly failed despite crowd funding his campaign rather than relying on the sponsorship of large corporations.
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- Catherine Hearne
- 29-09-20
inspirational words from a great writer/activist
a great book for anyone interested in making the world a better place. some great ideas in here, i hope that may be realised one day.
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- Amazon Customer
- 02-03-19
This book might save us all ...
Eloquent on the major problems of our times, this book is a cry for change before we cause our own extinction!
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- Alex
- 08-05-19
Hopeful and instructive
A thoughtful and hopeful view of a possible future that all of us can help to bring about . I hope to see that better person in all of us come out sooner rather than later
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- Vicky
- 10-01-18
Comprehensive and inspiring
A succint yet rich in concrete proposals blueprint for a new society. Direct participation now appears irresistible.
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- Miguel
- 31-03-18
WOW!
A masterpiece manifesto for system change and how we might do it together, simply brilliant!
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- Urban Herne
- 19-03-21
Manifesto for a better world
Refreshingly insightful, generously balanced and optimistic without letting go of the realism that has a stranglehold over true democracy.
This is a must read for anyone tired of the status quo in contemporary politics. George’s clarity of what the issues are, how they came about and indeed how they can be resolved is a genuine catharsis for the stagnant inequality we are currently subjected to.
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- G. F. M. P.
- 25-04-21
fantastic
George Monbiot is my hero - pulls everything I feel about politics into words. Presents a coherent and convincing vision of the future.
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