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Nature, Society, and Justice in the Anthropocene: Unraveling the Money-Energy-Technology Complex - New Directions in Sustainability and Society

by Alf Hornborg
RM108.00 MYR Now RM56.00 MYR Save 48%
Nature, Society, and Justice in the Anthropocene: Unraveling the Money-Energy-Technology Complex - New Directions in Sustainability and Society
Nature, Society, and Justice in the Anthropocene: Unraveling the Money-Energy-Technology Complex - New Directions in Sustainability and Society

Challenging illusions of technology and economics.

If you're someone who senses that our economic system is deeply flawed, then Alf Hornborg's "Nature, Society, and Justice in the Anthropocene" will resonate with you. Hornborg unveils the deceptive simplicity of market prices and technology, advocating for an urgent redesign towards sustainability. His perspective could fundamentally shift your understanding of socioeconomic impacts on our planet.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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Nature, Society, and Justice in the Anthropocene: Unraveling the Money-Energy-Technology Complex - New Directions in Sustainability and Society

by Alf Hornborg
RM108.00 MYR Now RM56.00 MYR Save 48%
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ISBN: 9781108454193
Author: Alf Hornborg
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Date of Publication: 2021-05-13
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Sociology, Nature, Economics, Science
Related Topics: Society, Economics, Money, Nature, Ecology, Social Justice, Sociology, Finance, Environment
Goodreads rating: 4.5
(rated by 8 readers)

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Are money and technology the core illusions of our time? In this book, Alf Hornborg offers a fresh assessment of the inequalities and environmental degradation of the world. He shows how both mainstream and radical economists are limited by a particular worldview and, as a result, do not grasp that conventional money is at the root of many of the problems that are threatening societies, not to mention planet Earth itself. Hornborg demonstrates how market prices obscure asymmetric exchanges of resources - human labor, land, energy, materials - under a veil of fictive reciprocity. Such unequal exchange, he claims, underpins the phenomenon of technological development, which is, fundamentally, a redistribution of time and space - human labor and land - in world society. Hornborg deftly illustrates how money and technology have shaped our thinking and our social and ecological relations, with disturbing consequences. He also offers solutions for their redesign in ways that will promote justice and sustainability.
 

Challenging illusions of technology and economics.

If you're someone who senses that our economic system is deeply flawed, then Alf Hornborg's "Nature, Society, and Justice in the Anthropocene" will resonate with you. Hornborg unveils the deceptive simplicity of market prices and technology, advocating for an urgent redesign towards sustainability. His perspective could fundamentally shift your understanding of socioeconomic impacts on our planet.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

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