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Post growth and degrowth scholars argue that we cannot reduce CO2 emissions fast enough to keep global warming below 2 degrees while continuing economic growth. We face a choice: either we innovate how to scale down production and consumption equitably, or we risk severe environmental and social consequences.
Yet the role of innovation remains largely unexplored within contemporary post growth debates. This book fills that gap, examining the narratives, processes, and practices needed to break free from the growth imperative.
It offers a bridge for understanding the far-reaching implications of technological and scientific advancements in a society that challenges economic growth as its central focus.
Arvustused
A compelling combination of unflinching analysis into the technology delusions generating so much damage in society with a lucid account of why democratizing innovation is vital for human and ecological flourishing. Adrian Smith, Professor of Technology and Society, Science Policy Research Unit, University of Sussex
Introduction: What Do You Believe? A Miracle of Technology or Politics?
1. The Growth Delusion: How Innovation Fuels Our Path to Disaster
2. Whats Wrong With Innovation and Why It Matters for a Post Growth Society
3. Caring and Maintaining
4. Organizations and Institutions for Post Growth
5. The Infrastructural Conditions of Post Growth
6. What Does It Mean Today to Democratize Technology?
Coda: Why Did We Stop Making Experiments?
Mario Pansera is Director of the Post-Growth Innovation Lab and OPORTUNIUS Research Professor at the University of Vigo.
Javier Lloveras is Co-director of the Post-Growth Innovation Lab. He is also a Senior Research Fellow at the University of Vigo.
