The New Human Rights Movement

Reinventing the Economy to End Oppression

Peter Joseph (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

448 Seiten

2017
BenBella Books (Verlag)
978-1-942952-65-7 (ISBN)

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Society is broken. We can design our way to a better one. In our interconnected world, self-interest and social-interest are rapidly becoming indistinguishable. If current negative trajectories remain, including growing climate destabilization, biodiversity loss, and economic inequality, an impending future of ecological collapse and societal destabilization will make "personal success" virtually meaningless. Yet our broken social system incentivizes behavior that will only make our problems worse. If true human rights progress is to be achieved today, it is time we dig deeper--rethinking the very foundation of our social system. In this engaging, important work, Peter Joseph, founder of the world's largest grassroots social movement--The Zeitgeist Movement--draws from economics, history, philosophy, and modern public-health research to present a bold case for rethinking activism in the 21st century.
Arguing against the long-standing narrative of universal scarcity and other pervasive myths that defend the current state of affairs, The New Human Rights Movement illuminates the structural causes of poverty, social oppression, and the ongoing degradation of public health, and ultimately presents the case for an updated economic approach. Joseph explores the potential of this grand shift and how we can design our way to a world where the human family has become truly sustainable. The New Human Rights Movement reveals the critical importance of a unified activism working to overcome the inherent injustice of our system. This book warns against what is in store if we continue to ignore the flaws of our socioeconomic approach, while also revealing the bright and expansive future possible if we succeed. Will you join the movement?

Peter Joseph is an American-born social critic and activist who has lectured around the world on the subject of cultural sustainability. Once deemed "The Herald of Occupy Wall St." for his tacit prediction of inevitable global uprisings against inequality and economic injustice, his extensive media work has been translated into over a 130 languages and experienced by a quarter of a billion people. Working in concert with numerous NPOs and grassroots organizations, Joseph's core focus is on socioeconomic structures that undermine progress in the areas of ecological and social justice. He has been featured and profiled in numerous media outlets, including The New York Times, The Huffington Post, Free-Speech TV, TED, and has given over a thousand hours of interviews via radio shows and podcasts in the past decade. He currently resides in Los Angeles, California.

Acknowledgements Preface Introduction Chapter One: System-Bound: Realizing Relationships Chapter Two: Beyond the Pale: Our Social Mythology Chapter Three Structural Bigotry: The Economics of Oppression Chapter Four: Public Health: Spectrum of Disorder Chapter Five: Designing Out: Where We Go from Here Glossary Appendix A: Post-Scarcity Potentials Appendix B: Economic Calculation and Broad System Conception Endnotes

Erscheinungsdatum	06.04.2017
Zusatzinfo	B&W photos, charts
Verlagsort	Dallas
Sprache	englisch
Maße	153 x 229 mm
Gewicht	658 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
	Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Wirtschaftspolitik
ISBN-10	1-942952-65-1 / 1942952651
ISBN-13	978-1-942952-65-7 / 9781942952657
Zustand	Neuware