Out of the Wreckage - A New Politics for an Age of Crisis (Monbiot George)(Paperback)

A leading environmental and political commentator draws a roadmap towards new politics--offering a rallying cry for a new vision of what a 'good' society can be--in this "dazzling command of science and relentless faith in people" (Naomi Klein, author of The Shock Doctrine) What does the good life--and the good society--look like in the 21st century? A toxic ideology of extreme competition and individualism has come to dominate our world. It misrepresents human nature, destroying hope and common purpose. Only a positive vision can replace it, a new story that re-engages people in politics and lights a path to a better future. George Monbiot shows how new findings in psychology, neuroscience and evolutionary biology cast human nature in a radically different light: as the supreme altruists and cooperators. He shows how we can build on these
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