This book discusses the challenges faced by the
homo resaliens
and his need for a transition to a more sustainable social, economic, and environmental system. It fills a gap in the existing literature and provides a new perspective by changing the etymology of the word resilience: no more
resiliere
, but
resalio
. By comparing and analysing the relevant literature, the author has coined the term
homo resaliens
(resilient man), in contrast to the failure of the
homo oeconomicus
, the corruption of the
homo politicus
, the incompleteness of
homo sustinens
, and the limits of
homo ecologicus
. Opening a new debate in which the role of academia and res publica are fundamental to safeguard human communities and future generations, this book will greatly assist governments that wish to understand the socio-political and economic implication of resilience in terms of social inclusiveness and long termsocial and environmental sustainability.
Carcea
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Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: The rise of a virtuous consciousness.- Chapter 3: Providing a concrete alternative: the transition towards the Post-Development.- Chapter 4: The application of resilience for human community: form theory to practise.- Chapter 5: Ethics, Degrowth and Resilience: the complexity of the transition path towards DemocraCity.- Chapter 6: Sic parvis magna. From humble beginnings.- Chapter 7: The best of all possible worlds.
Marco Carcea
has a PhD in Human Society from the Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia. He is currently Head of strategic planning in Mayor’s Cabinet at Comune di Crotone, Italy. Previously, he worked as Research Associate in the School of Education and Social Sciences of Swinburne University of Technology and as a Lecturer at the school of Global, Urban and Social Studies of RMIT University, Melbourne. His areas of research interests include Ecological Economics, the application of resilience for human communities, sustainable development, alternative currencies and inclusive democracy.
