Life After Consumerism

Gregory Claeys
UTOPIANISM FOR A DYING PLANET
Life After Consumerism
Princeton University Press
Claeys examines the ways that utopian thought, from its origins in ancient Sparta and ideas of the Golden Age through to today’s thinkers, can offer moral and imaginative guidance in the face of catastrophe. The utopian tradition, which has been critical of conspicuous consumption and luxurious indulgence, might light a path to a society that emphasizes equality, sociability, and sustainability. He offers a radical program that combines ideas from the theory of sociability with proposals to withdraw from fossil fuels and cease reliance on unsustainable commodities.