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Green Utopianism
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ABSTRACT
Utopian thought and experimental approaches to societal organization have been rare in the last decades of planning and politics. Instead, there is a widespread belief in ecological modernization, that sustainable societies can be created within the frame of the current global capitalist world order by taking small steps such as eco-labeling, urban densification, and recycling. However, in the context of the current crisis in which resource depletion, climate change, uneven development, and economic instability are seen as interlinked, this belief is increasingly being questioned and alternative developmental paths sought. This collection demonstrates how utopian thought can be used in a contemporary context, as critique and in exploring desired futures. The book includes theoretical perspectives on changing global socio-environmental relationships and political struggles for alternative development paths, and analyzes micro-level practices in co-housing, alternative energy provision, use of green space, transportation, co-production of urban space, peer-to-peer production and consumption, and alternative economies. It contributes research perspectives on contemporary green utopian practices and strategies, combining theoretical and empirical analyses to spark discussions of possible futures.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |2 pages
Part I The Politics of Science
chapter 2|15 pages
Anthropocenic Politicization: From the Politics of the Environment to Politicizing Environments
chapter 5|23 pages
Why Solar Panels Don’t Grow on Trees: Technological Utopianism and the Uneasy Relation Between Marxism and Ecological Economics
part |2 pages
Part II Transforming Politics and Planning
chapter 6|14 pages
Politicizing Planning through Multiple Images of the Future
chapter 10|16 pages
Globalism, Particularism and the Greening of Neoliberal Energy Landscapes
part |2 pages
Part III Changing Practices