Main entry:

Bastani, Aaron, author. aut

Title & Author:

Fully automated luxury communism : a manifesto / Aaron Bastani.

Publication:

London ; New York : Verso, 2019

Description:

x, 278 pages ; 22 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-267) and index.
I. Chaos under heaven -- The great disorder -- The three disruptions -- What is fully automated luxury communism? -- II. New travellers -- Full automation: post-scarcity in labour -- Limitless power: post-scarcity in energy -- Mining the sky: post-scarcity in resources -- Editing destiny: age and post-scarcity in health -- Food without animals: post-scarcity in sustenance -- III. Paradise found -- Popular support: luxury populism -- Fundamental principles: the break with neoliberalism -- Reforging the capitalist state -- FALC: a new beginning.

Summary:

"In his first book, leading political commentator Aaron Bastani conjures a new politics: a vision of a world of unimaginable hope, highlighting how we might move to energy abundance, feed a world of 9 billion, overcome work, transcend the limits of biology and build meaningful freedom for everyone. Rather than a final destination, such a society heralds the beginning of history"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

9781786632623 (hardback)
1786632624 (hardback)
9781788732468 (paperback)
1788732464 (paperback)
9781786632630 (paperback)
1786632632 (paperback)
(ebook US)
9781786632654
(ebook UK)
9781786632647

Subject:

Economic development.
Technological innovations Economic aspects.
Energy security.
Civilization, Modern.
Développement économique.
Innovations Aspect économique.
Sécurité énergétique.
economic development.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Communism & Socialism.
Society.
Communism and society
Politics and culture
Right and left (Political science)
Technological forecasting
Technological innovations Social aspects
Technology and civilization

Holdings:

Location: Library main 307223
Call No.: BIB 252713
Status: Available