What steps are needed to make life better and more convivial? The Second Convivialist Manifesto (2020) has presented a short diagnosis of the current crises and sketches of a possible and desirable future. It has been a necessary work of theoretical synthesis, but preserving a viable world also requires passion. It is thus urgent to show what people would gain from a shift to a post-neoliberal and post-growth convivialist future. This volume includes a theoretical debate on convivialism which reflects dystopias and shows the multiple and major obstacles that convivialism will have to face. Mainly, however, the contributors to this volume create sketches of a convivial future and collect accounts of another future world which is attractive for as many as possible.

About the Author
Frank Adloff, born in 1969, is a professor of sociology at Universitat Hamburg and the co-director of the Humanities Centre for Advanced Studies "Futures of Sustainability". His research focuses on social theory, social-ecological transformations, conviviality, and civil society. Alain Caille, born in 1944, holds a doctorate in economics and is professor emeritus of sociology at the Universite Paris Ouest-Nanterre La Defense. He has directed the journal La Revue du MAUSS (Mouvement anti-utilitariste en science sociale) since its foundation in 1981 and is a central player in the convivialist movement.

Reviews
"In dieser Zusammenstellung unterschiedlicher Beitrage konkretisiert "Convivial Futures" eine politische Philosophie des relationalen guten Lebens fur alle, buchstabiert diese jedoch nicht vollumfanglich aus. So bleiben genugend Ideenraume zu fullen und anschlussfahige Bezugspunkte zu identifizieren." www.centrum3.at, 11 (2022) O-Ton: "Wir benoetigen eine grundsatzlich neue Beziehung zwischen Mensch und Natur" - Sergio Costa im Gesprach bei OE1/ORF am 12.05.2022.



Book Information
ISBN 9783837656640
Author Alain Caille
Format Paperback
Page Count 212
Imprint Transcript Verlag
Publisher Transcript Verlag
Weight(grams) 312g
Dimensions(mm) 23mm * 14mm * 1mm