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Bezig met laden... Corona, Climate, Chronic Emergency: War Communism in the Twenty-First Century (origineel 2020; editie 2020)door Andreas Malm (Auteur)
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. This short book is a brilliant book. Many of the books I read are quite predictable, and that is one of the reasons why I read them. If I read a thriller or crime fiction, I have certain expectations. The same when I read history. But this book — well, I guess I didn’t have expectations. Malm wrote the book in the first weeks of the global lock-down in the spring of 1920 and was clearly influenced by what he saw. In a nutshell, the book argues that the climate crisis and the pandemic are the same crisis, and that the cause of both is — capital. At one point, he even builds a convincing argument that capital itself can be viewed as a virus. The ‘war communism’ bit put me off, but Malm makes it clear that he’s not an advocate of the Leninist-Stalinist regime that emerged from the period of Russian history. But he believes strongly in the need for serious government intervention to deal with the ‘chronic emergency’ that is currently manifesting as climate crisis and pandemic. People who won’t wear masks or take the vaccines, or who believe that the climate emergency is a hoax, will hate this book. For the rest of us, I’d call it compulsory reading. ( ) It is seldom that a book can change my perspective. It usually takes at least a couple, plus a discussion with someone whose views I respect, plus several months of rumination... This tome sets out clearly, and objectively, why the only way that we can come out of the crises enveloping the world, is for a revolution. I know this sounds dramatic, but it is clear that our current governmental system will not relinquish its hold on power. Mr Johnson, our PM, believes that a quick technological fix is just around the corner and those doing rather well from Neoliberal Capitalism are only too willing to stroke his ego by telling him how clever he is. Revolutions do not come easy and it is clear that things will have to get worse before they get better. Sadly, it is apparent to anyone who looks behind the headlines, that things are getting worse at an alarming rate so, buckle u and prepare for revolution! geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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What does the COVID 19 tell us about the climate breakdown, and what should we do about it? The economic and social impact of the coronavirus pandemic has been unprecedented. Governments have spoken of being at war and find themselves forced to seek new powers in order to maintain social order and prevent the spread of the virus. This is often exercised with the notion that we will return to normal as soon as we can. What if that is not possible? Secondly, if the state can mobilize itself in the face of an invisible foe like this pandemic, it should also be able to confront visible dangers such as climate destruction with equal force. In Corona, Climate, Chronic Emergency, leading environmental thinker, Andreas Malm demands that this war-footing state should be applied on a permanent basis to the ongoing climate front line. He offers proposals on how the climate movement should use this present emergency to make that case. There can be no excuse for inaction any longer. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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