Post-Growth Living (For an Alternative Hedonism) - Kate Soper

If we are to avert the catastrophic effects of climate change, then we need to fundamentally change how and why we live and consume in the ways that we do. But, rather than restricting our freedom, could this actually result in a new and more fulfilling way of life? Post-Growth Living is urgent plea for a new vision of the good life, one that is capable of delinking prosperity from the cult of endless growth. In it, philosopher Kate Soper calls for a renewed emphasis on solidarity and the joys of being, in which we might cultivate an ability for collective happiness and a more fulfilled existence. This is an urgent and necessary intervention into debates on climate change, one that offers a compelling vision of a life that is capable of changing the future for all of us.