Austerity Ecology and the Collapse Porn-addicts: a defence of growth, technology, industry and stuff
Book Summary: At base, the book is a defence of industrial civilisation, scientific and techno- logical progress, and economic growth. Each chapter counters one of a series of common arguments regarding limits to growth, carrying capacity, natural balance, anti-consumerism, local and organic food production, genetic modification, large- scale infrastructure, nuclear power and the notion of a ‘metabolic rift’ between urban and rural. Title: Austerity Ecology and the Collapse Porn-addicts: a defence of growth, technology, industry and stuff Author: Leigh Phillips Preface It is my hope that my arguments can assist in the revival of a pro-industrial, pro- growth left; that they might help galvanise those who are frustrated with the pre- dominance of hair-shirted, anti-development greenery. I am convinced that our greatest hope in combatting a scale of climate change that significantly inhibits human flourishing lies in a turn away from a neoliberal emphasis on market-based mechani