Out of the Wreckage: A New Politics for an Age of Crisis

By George Monbiot

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 findings to create a new politics: a “politics of belonging.” Both democracy and economic life can be radically reorganized from the bottom up, enabling us to take back control and overthrow the forces that have thwarted our ambitions for a better society.
 
Urgent and passionate, Out of the Wreckage provides the hope and clarity required to change the world.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
• Release date: Sep 26, 2017
• ISBN: 9781786632913

George Monbiot

Sam Sax is a queer, jewish, writer and educator. They are the author of Madness, winner of The National Poetry Series and Bury It, winner of the James Laughlin Award from the Academy of American Poets. They’re the two-time Bay Area Grand Slam Champion with poems published in The New York Times, The Atlantic, Granta and elsewhere. Sam has received fellowships from The National Endowment for the Arts, The Poetry Foundation, Yaddo, and is currently serving as a Lecturer in the ITALIC program at Stanford University. Their first novel Yr Dead will be published by McSweeney’s in 2024.

Reviews for Out of the Wreckage

[the7ken7petersen · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

It has taken over four years for me to get around to reading this book! If you have a copy, I recommend that you don't wait. I really enjoyed this.It always helps, when someone's views are very much in line with the reader but, I learned so much and, rather than putting me into purchasing another book, this has lead me to another tome which has been sitting on my shelf for some time, urging me to allow it to fulfil its primary function.

[paul_s-289480 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Wouldn't it be nice if the world wasn't so mean? I agree with the author despite not sharing his Liberal opinions. We agree on the process but differ in the prediction of what it would result in. I think we are unlikely to find out unfortunately. We are stuck on this local maximum of the political system landscape and can't find our way out.