arguments for and against the term ‘degrowth’

Posted on November 24, 2022 By JWComments Off on arguments for and against the term ‘degrowth’

‘SolarPunk Girl’ Phoebe Tickell’s Twitter-feed is always stimulating and always worth a look.

Here she is today, looking at a key concept of our time [growth] and its counter-concept [degrowth]:

Phoebe Tickell on Twitter: “The term ‘degrowth’ is uninspiring because it uses a negative definition not a positive one. It is very hard to be inspired by a negative. Imagine if we framed weekends as ‘not-working time’. Also: growth is not bad. Unchecked exponential growth is. See: growing a limb vs cancer.” / Twitter

Phoebe takes us to this argument from social scientist Timothée Parrique – which stimulates further discussion on her therad:

(18) Timothée Parrique on Twitter: “Is #degrowth a problematic word? https://t.co/bboMIZvZgc” / Twitter

By JWComments Off on arguments for and against the term ‘degrowth’