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"An ethical response to climate change has to address the mass consumerist society in which we live. But the cult of endless growth and our insatiable demand for cheap disposable goods are not only destroying the future; they are degrading our lives in the present. How do we redirect our energies to discover a better way of life and escape the catastrophe bearing down upon us with gathering speed? It is a question given new impetus by the global pandemic, which has shown the need for a rational, international response to dangers science has long seen on the horizon. In Post-Growth Living, philosopher Kate Soper offers an urgent plea for a new vision of the good life, one capable of detaching wealth and happiness from the idea of continual economic expansion. She calls for renewed emphasis on pleasures of life that are currently denied, and shows the way to creating fairer and more fulfilling ways of living and working. This is an urgent and necessary intervention into debates on climate change, one offering a compelling vision of a life that is capable of changing the future for all of us."--Dust jacket.
