- Political science, economic development, economic aspects of technological innovations, energy security
In his first book, leading political commentator Aaron Bastani conjures a new politics: a vision of a world of unimaginable hope, highlighting how we might move to energy abundance, feed a world of 9 billion, overcome work, transcend the limits of biology and build meaningful freedom for everyone. Rather than a final destination, such a society heralds the beginning of history.—Publisher
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Contemporary, epic, warm and classical in form.
- contemporarynostalgic
- intimateepic
- warmbleak
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
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- Author
- Aaron Bastani
- First published
- 2019
- Pages
- 288
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, Verso Books, Verso
- Editions
- 6
- Language
- Polish, English
- ISBN
- 9781786632630
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“In the summer of 1989, as it became clear the United States and its allies had won the Cold War, Francis Fukuyama wrote an essay titled ‘The End of History?’ for the National Interest.”
“Bastani writes with pace, economy and infectious enthusiasm” – *Guardian* Aaron Bastani is co-founder and Senior Editor at Novara Media and has a doctorate from the University of London. His research interests include new media, social movements and political economy. He has written for *Vice,* the *Guardian,* the *London Review of Books* and the *New York Times* and regularly appears as a commentator on the BBC and Sky News.—Verso
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