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Scientific paper • 2014

Conservation Through Radical Ecological Democracy

Abstract: Globalised development and centralised natural resource governance have seriously threatened the ecological security of countries like India, with rapid loss of ecosystems and biodiversity. Official responses to such loss have mostly been top-down, undemocratic protected area systems and conservation laws. However, across the country as in other parts of the world, communities and...

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"A Degrowth Project in Hungary"

By: Vincent Liegey

Abstract: In 2011 a first book about Degrowth was published in Hungary: Latouche S., Farewell to Degrowth (Savaria). In January 2014, a second one was published, Liegey V. and Al., A Degrowth Project (Eszmelet). In this article, I will try to analyse the reception of Degrowth and in particular both these books among academics, medias, activists, and the public in the Hungarian context. This...

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Halbwertszeiten - Psychoanalytische Überlegungen zu „blinder Wachstumsabhängigkeit“ anhand der psychodynamischen Historie und mentalen Präsenz von Atomenergie

By: Angela Mauss-Hanke

Abstract: Es versteht sich von selbst, daß Gier nichts ist, was wir mühsam erlernen müssen. Sozialpsychologische Studien zeigen: wo es viel zu holen gibt, wird viel geholt – unabhängig davon, ob das langfristig klug ist oder nicht oder anderen schadet oder nicht. Diesem Impuls nicht nachzugehen, also Verzicht zu leisten, ist genau das: eine menschliche Kultur-Leistung, die uns etwas abfordert,...

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Territorial fragmentation and urban segregation in the West of the Metropolitan Zone of México City 1990-2010

By: Orlando Eleazar Moreno, Guadalupe García

Abstract: At the present moment the capitalist development, the big cities have done the transformation of their economical dinamism, specially as a consequence of the industrialization due to the capitalist accumulation which have restructured the world economy and restablished territories. In Mexico it is expressed in the metropolization. Therefore, the objetive of this work is to analyse the...

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Degrowth, Commons and Convivial Technology

By: Victor Petit

Abstract: For many people, the way of degrowth supposes to leave the urban lifestyle. Instead, we would like to show that it is possible (and more realistic) to understand the degrowth in an industrial context. For this, we will follow two objectives. The first one is to answer to the critics of the concept of degrowth, through the current reflections on the so-called commons ; the second...

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Potentials of the degrowth debate for socio-ecological transformation

By: Panos Petridis

Abstract: As the concept of socio-ecological transformation is increasingly gaining momentum in both academic research and policy circles, contributions from the degrowth debate come very timely. This paper analyses the recent developments in the degrowth literature, highlighting its visions as regards transformation, by presenting its ontological assumptions, actors and strategies, as well as...

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Reflections on ‘society’ and ‘space’ in the degrowth debate

By: Dorothee Quade

society-space relations, geography

Scientific paper • 2014

Economic growth and socio-ecological struggles in Bolivia

By: Isabella Radhuber

Abstract: Bolivia registers internationally sensational economic growth rates. From 1998 to 2005 the Gross National Product increased by 2.9%, from 2006 to 2009 by 5%, and in 2013 by an estimated 6.5%. Though economic growth is linked to new socio-political measures, economic growth also – as is the main argument of my contribution – goes along with severe socio-ecological implications for the...

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Growth model, developmentalism and way forwards for degrowth in Bangladesh

By: Arup Rahee

Abstract: Bangladesh has been a successful laboratory case for hegemonic growth model development practices by the developmentalist forces and their native allies and failed the people for their quest for affluence and a collective better life. Growth model has been a tool for sustaining poverty through hegemonic social and cultural institutions and practices. Based on Bangladesh experience and...

Scientific paper • 2014

Environmental philosophy

By: Michele Raspanti

Abstract: The central point of this paper is to stress how much our vision of man and of his rule in the world can influence our behavior towards nature (and also towards other men, but this problem is not discussed here). Here are analysed three philosophies: dominion, which is linked to growth, coordination, linked to sustainable development and cooperation, linked to degrowth philosophy....

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Value and Values: The Political Economy of ICT Enhanced Collective Behaviour for Sustainable Degrowth

By: Robert Rattle

collective behaviour, values, sustainability, Internet and communication technologies

Scientific paper • 2014

Socio-cybernetics and Degrowth

By: John Raven

Abstract: Research conducted by the author and others, but especially Murray Bookchin, shows that hardly any of the endless demonstrations of the desirability, possibility, and viability of more “organic”, more sustainable, more “degrowth-oriented”, ways of doing things have survived. Even more seriously, research conducted by the author and his colleagues over the past half century shows that...

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Technology as system: towards an autopoietic theory of technology

By: André Reichel

system theory; technology; co-evolution; sustainability

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The Role of Children in a Degrowing Society

By: Christiane Richard-Elsner

Children Play Urban planning Autonomy

Scientific paper • 2014

Controversies in Environmental and Post-Growth Discourses: Mapping positions to investigate their consequences for the development of indicators for a socio-ecological transformation

By: Dorothee Rodenhäuser

Abstract: The debate on the environment and the negative effects of economic growth has been shaped by controversies revolving around issues such as the substitutability of natural resources or the role of technology and work in a “green” economy. Depending on their respective points of view, the disputants reach very different conclusions on possible pathways towards a socially and...

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Values and Ethics in an Alternative Degrowth Society

By: Clive Spash

Abstract: The values of modern industrial growth society are instrumental, anthropocentric and hedonistic. These contrast with the values of many others in society and their desires for a better world. For example, the environmental movement promotes non-humans, feminists call for a caring and inclusive economy and Marxists point to the social and community values of a less oppressive world....

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Alternative indicators: what are the most sustainable countries?

By: Cecília Szigeti, Anita Borzán

Abstract: In our study we wanted to find an answer to the question whether we can find sustainable countries if we compare the values of different composite indicators? We examined three composite indicators (HDI, HPI, EPI) and the ecological footprint and GDP. Based on our analysis two indicators independent of each other and also independent of the GDP, these are the HPI and the EPI. The...

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Rewarding with a licence to commit ecocide: High incomes and climate change

By: Olli Tammilehto

Abstract: According to many studies greenhouse gas emissions attributable to a person or to a household increase with growing income. On the global level, a well-paid quarter of the population generates around three quarters of the total carbon dioxide emissions. The suffering from the disastrous effects of climate change, on the other hand, is distributed in the opposite direction. The...

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The significance of everyday life, values and meaning for a more social and ecological society: a life world perspective

By: Johannes Timaeus

Abstract: Everyday life and meaning represent two crucial aspects to understand the challenges society is facing towards its transition to a more sustainable future, beyond unrestrained growth. Schütz’ life world theory provides a theoretical framework that takes everyday life and meaning into focus. According to life world theory everyday life is enabled by everyday assumptions, i.e. the...

Scientific paper • 2014

The Dawn of Modern Era: Montaigne and Spinoza as Alternatives to Cartesian Weltanschauung.

By: Pier Luigi Tosi

Abstract: Mechanism is at the origin of the actual economical conception, based on endless growth. It is founded on Descartes's thought, with its strong distinction between mind and material world, continued by Bacon and Newton (as Latouche points out). Some years before and some years after Descartes, Montaigne and Spinoza respectively proposed significantly different conceptions. The French...