Bone The Great Decline

From the Era of Hope and Progress to the Age of Fear and Rage
1. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-1-5292-1304-1
Verlag: Bristol University Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 304 Seiten

It seems clear that many formerly stable societies in wealthy developed countries appear to be falling into an apparent state of ‘permacrisis' accompanied by an increasingly angry and irrational social and political culture that is undermining the peace and stability of our societies and democratic institutions, from the local to the global.

Applying an original biosocial approach (the social map), and drawing on ideas and evidence from sociology, history and political economy, to psychology, neuroscience and epigenetics, John Bone argues that conditions in our turbocapitalist and increasingly estranged, media dominated societies have created a toxic environment, deeply damaging to our mental and physical health. As well as shedding new light on our current troubles, Bone also outlines why this leaves us ill prepared to deal with two of the greatest challenges confronting humanity: the rise of AI and automation and how we deal with climate change.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bone, John

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Wirtschaftspolitik, politische Ökonomie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Wirtschafts- und Finanzpolitik
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Angewandte Ethik & Soziale Verantwortung Wissenschaftsethik, Technikethik
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Gesellschaftstheorie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: The New Age of Angst

PART I: Being Human in an Evolving World

1. Who Are We and Why Does It Matter?

2. The Long Road to Modernity

3. From Golden Age to Golden Age?

PART II: Derailing the Modern Project

4. The Neoliberal ‘Dawn’: Mont Pelerin, Fear of Socialism and the Backlash of Privilege

5. Financial Alchemy and Economic Crises

6. Globalization, the ‘New’ Labour Market, AI and the 4th Industrial Revolution

7. Marketized Housing: An Insecure Base

8. Consumerism, Community and Media

PART III: Permacrises

9. The Climate Emergency and Neoliberal Nihilism

10. Inequality, Insecurity and Minding the Gap

11. Populism and the Politics of Primalization

12. Public Issues as Personal Troubles: Individualizing Risk and the Health Costs of Turbocapitalism

Conclusion: Where to Now?

Über Autor(innen)

Bone, John
John Bone is a social scientist at the University of Aberdeen and past Chair of the British Sociological Association. His research interests are in political economy, social and biosocial theory, inequalities, just transitions and health and well-being research. In 2007 he was jointly awarded the Philip Abrams Memorial early career Prize for his first book The Hard Sell.

John Bone is Professor of Sociology at the University of Aberdeen and past Chair of the British Sociological Association. His research interests are in political economy, social and biosocial theory, inequalities, just transitions and health and well-being research. In 2007 he was jointly awarded the Philip Abrams Memorial early career Prize for his first book The Hard Sell.