Cultures of Transition and Sustainability: Culture after Capitalism
John Clammer
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Hardback. Num Pages: 203 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JHBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 270 x 18. Weight in Grams: 406.
Contending that culture lies at the root of our current planetary and civilizational crisis, this book uniquely explores the nature of the specifically cultural dimensions of that crisis and how culture relates to the areas of politics, policy, economics, ecology and the whole discourse of sustainability. It debates how profoundly our world is shaped by capitalist culture, emphasizing the import of political culture and policy, social justice, leadership and community in the shaping of a new cultural sustainability. It also reintroduces questions of religion, art, citizenship and comparative culture into the sustainability debate and suggests ways in which the central ... Read more
Contending that culture lies at the root of our current planetary and civilizational crisis, this book uniquely explores the nature of the specifically cultural dimensions of that crisis and how culture relates to the areas of politics, policy, economics, ecology and the whole discourse of sustainability. It debates how profoundly our world is shaped by capitalist culture, emphasizing the import of political culture and policy, social justice, leadership and community in the shaping of a new cultural sustainability. It also reintroduces questions of religion, art, citizenship and comparative culture into the sustainability debate and suggests ways in which the central ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
405g
Number of Pages
194
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137532220
SKU
V9781137532220
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99-15
About John Clammer
John Clammer teaches development sociology at the United Nations University in Tokyo and courses on art and society, the sociology of the international system, and urban issues at other universities in Japan. He has taught and researched at universities in the UK, Australia, Germany, Korea and India and has published widely on the interface of culture and development.
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