Ecology As Politics - Softcover

Andre Gorz

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0896080889 ISBN 13: 9780896080881

Publisher: South End Press, 1979

Synopsis

Andre Gorz, to my mind the greatest of modern French social thinkers, dares to venture where no one really has before. Fighters for democratic socialism and an ecological society have each recognized the handwriting on the wall: modern society cannot continue on its present path. Neither group, however, has even begun to recognize the other's value, beyond being little more than a tactical means towards achieving their own ends. Gorz, in this exciting and penetrating gem of a book, addresses precisely this question, and offers a connection between the political and the ecological.In an age of crisis the realist becomes visionary and the visionary the rational architect of the future. Andre Gorz is just that. The present decade will be a debacle for progressive change unless our creative efforts move towards linking our concerns with the quality of life to those of economic and political structure. Andre Gorz, as this little volume bears witness, has taken up where Herbert Marcuse left off. 'The only things worthy of each,' Gorz says, 'are those which are good for all.' This book is worthy indeed of each.

About this title

About the Author:

Andre Gorz was one of Europe's leading thinkers on politics. He is the author of several books including Ecology as Politics and Paths to Paradise.

Language Notes:

Text: English, French (translation)

About this edition

• Publisher: South End Press
• Publication date: 1979
• ISBN 10: 0896080889
• ISBN 13: 9780896080881
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 215