Looking to the future, here’s a new book out from Gregory Claeys:

In the face of Earth’s environmental breakdown, it is clear that technological innovation alone won’t save our planet. A more radical approach is required, one that involves profound changes in individual and collective behavior.

Utopianism for a Dying Planet examines the ways the expansive history of utopian thought, from its origins in ancient Sparta and ideas of the Golden Age through to today’s thinkers, can offer moral and imaginative guidance in the face of catastrophe.

The utopian tradition, which has been critical of conspicuous consumption and luxurious indulgence, might light a path to a society that emphasizes equality, sociability, and sustainability.

Utopianism for a Dying Planet | Princeton University Press

Rob Hopkins had him on his latest podcast:

The other guest on today's episode of 'From What If to What Next' is @GClaeysHistory, whose book 'Utopianism on a Dying Planet' is a brilliant setting out of why we need Utopianism now more than ever. In it he says "only the extraordinary can save us now", our new mantra. #WhatIf pic.twitter.com/wk7WvwVRs7

— Rob Hopkins (@robintransition) January 2, 2023

Rob Hopkins on Twitter: “The other guest on today’s episode of ‘From What If to What Next’ is @GClaeysHistory, whose book ‘Utopianism on a Dying Planet’ is a brilliant setting out of why we need Utopianism now more than ever. In it he says “only the extraordinary can save us now”, our new mantra. #WhatIf https://t.co/wk7WvwVRs7″ / Twitter

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