{"product_id":"capitalism-socialism-ecology-isbn-9781781680261","title":"Capitalism, Socialism, Ecology","description":"In this major new book, Andre Gorz expands on the political implications of his prescient and influential \u003ci\u003ePaths to Paradise\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCritique of Economic Reason\u003c\/i\u003e. Against the background of technological developments which have transformed the nature of work and the structure of the workforce, Gorz explores the new political agendas facing both left and right. Each is in disarray: the right, torn between the demands of capital and the ‘traditional values’ of its supporters, can only offer illusory solutions, while the left either capitulates to these or remains tempted by regressive, ‘fundamentalist’ projects inappropriate to complex modern societies. Identifying the grave risks posed by a dual society with a hyperactive minority of full-time workers confronting a silenced majority who are, at best, precariously employed, Gorz proposes a new definition of a key social conflict within Western societies in terms of the distribution of work and the form and content of non-working time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTaking into account changing cultural attitudes to work, he re-examines socialism’s historical project—which, he contends, has always properly been to lay down the rules and limits within which economic raitonality may be permitted to function, not to create some statist, productivist countersystem. Above all, he offers a vital fresh perspective for the left, whose objective, in his view, must be to extend the sphere to autonomous human activity, and increase the possibilities for individual self-fulfilment.\u003cb\u003eAndre Gorz\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Austria in 1924, and moved to Paris in 1948, going on to become an editor of \u003ci\u003eLes Temps Modernes\u003c\/i\u003e. He was one of the founders of \u003ci\u003eLe Nouvel Observateur\u003c\/i\u003e and wrote for it under the pseudonym of Michel Bosquet for some twenty years. His books \u003ci\u003eCritique of Economic Reason\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Traitor\u003c\/i\u003e are published by Verso.","brand":"Verso","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46301707206885,"sku":"NP9781781680261","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781781680261.jpg?v=1767723364","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/capitalism-socialism-ecology-isbn-9781781680261","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}