Only one economist, nicholas georgescuroegen, has had the common. Above all we refuse to address the issue that lies at the heart of our problems namely, the fact that our societies are based on an economy whose only goal is growth for growths sake. Serge latouche was born in vannes on january 12th 1940. If the crossreading of their work shows both proximity and distance, bioeconomics and degrowth do not have to be confused. A vocabulary for a new era 2014 dedicated to imaginaries, decolonisation of. Degrowth coming home 5th international degrowth conference.
Degrowth the economy key ideas by giorgos kallis paperback. A vocabulary for a new era is the first english language book to comprehensively cover the burgeoning literature on degrowth. Authors and researchers including kallis and economics professors serge latouche and federico demaria are among its proponents. Between august 30th and september 3rd 2016, the budapest degrowth week will introduce. Farewell to growth, is that the global crisis of the modern world is first and foremost a. The book gained influence in french intellectual and academic circles from the outset. The original formulation belonged to serge latouche, the french degrowth philosopher. Pdf farewell to growth polity, 2010 by serge latouche. Degrowth in its contemporary sense is most often an umbrella term for a variety of political and philosophical positions questioning whether economic growth should be a social, political and economic priority. Degrowth, inequality and poverty in paolo ventura, enrique calderon. Serge latouche has 73 books on goodreads with 1732 ratings. The event gathered over 300 participants from france, switzerland and italy. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
Degrowth requires a commitment not just to protect nature or to manage and mitigate the impacts of capitalism, but also to create an alternative socialecology and a fundamentally different basis for action. The appearance in english of a militant book about degrowth is an all too rare event, but a welcome one. Serge latouche is europes preeminent degrowth scholar an original, deep, and provocative thinker. We are more likely to put on too much weight than to go hungry. I first familiarised with it in 2010, when i attended my first degrowth conference in finland entitled alternatives to the growth economy. Serge latouche is a somewhat legendary figure in the postgrowth debate. He is a member of iflas standing committee of the indigenous matters. Latouche contends that degrowth is a political slogan with theoretical. Victor 24 happiness filka sekulova 25 imaginary, decolonization of serge latouche 26 jevons paradox blake alcott 27 neomalthusians joan martinezalier. A vocabulary for a new era, just published by routledge, is quite a slim volume of 220 pages and 51 short chapters before anything else it seems important to say that there are lots of chapters in this book that i think are quite excellent as short pithy descriptions of. In french economist serge latouches 2009 book, farewell to growth, latouche discusses degrowth in great detail, but he also explains how racial bias and bias in general in the world today has no place in a postgdp world that embraces the principles outlined in. Degrowth economics, by serge latouche le monde diplomatique. He holds a degree in political sciences, in philosophy and in economy.
He calls for abandoning the objective of growth for growths sake, an insane objective, with disastrous consequences on the environment. Degrowth thinkers and activists advocate for the downscaling of. We should be talking about agrowth, in the sense in which we speak of atheism. Latouche describes the genealogy of the term in a chapter of the book degrowth. Interview with economist serge latouche, professor emeritus of economic science at the university of parissud, is one of the main proponents of the society of degrowth. Serge latouche is a somewhat legendary figure in the postgrowth. It is also considered an essential economic strategy responding to the limitstogrowth dilemma see the path to degrowth in overdeveloped countries and postgrowth. Serge latouche, farewell to growth polity press, 2010, 180pp, isbn. In particular, we analyse the foundations of these approaches such as they have been put forward by those two economists. Serge latouche s book farewell to growth translated by david macey, orig. This book explores the concept of degrowth, beginning from a basic assumption, not of resource depletion, as is common in most literature in the field, but rather from a state of abundance, arguing that there is a vast amount of energy on the planet waiting to be utilized by all its inhabitants. He has published a book in french, decolonise limaginaire. He is emeritus professor of economics at the university of parissud and one of the leading theorists of the emerging degrowth movement that has its main roots among.
It presents and explains the different lines of thought, imaginaries, and proposed courses of action that together complete the degrowth puzzle. Farewell to growth polity, 2010 by serge latouche ebook pdf degrowth. While a few of its fifty or so contributors, such as tim jackson, serge latouche, juliet schor and peter victor, have already published major fulllength works about degrowth in britain or north america, and while a number of others may be known to readers of this journal, many represent a new generation of scholars and activists. The paper aims to put into perspective nicholas georgescuroegens bioeconomics and serge latouches degrowth approaches. The state of degrowth at the turn of the decade what. Since then, several discussions, workshops, citizen and academic projects, and lectures at universities took place in hungary. Later, the book was expanded and republished in 1995. Degrowth really arrived in hungary in march 2011 with the hungarian language publication of serge latouches book farewell to growth. Serge latouches book farewell to growth translated by david macey, orig. Degrowth is just a term created by radical critics of growth theory to free. Farewell to growth, is that the global crisis of the modern world is first and foremost a crisis of civili zation. The degrowth alternative great transition initiative. A vocabulary for a new era explain, gorz was inspired by the work of the intellectual pioneer of ecological economics nicholas georgescuroegen, who. It was a highprofile meeting organised by the finnish association for.
Serge latouches most popular book is breve trattato sulla decrescita serena. Lets rewind to the early 2010s, when at an event in budapest, a book opening, organized by vincent liegey degrowth thinker and activist, author, organizer, coordinator, professor serge latouche was talking about the movement degrowth, and his book, presenting the new movement as a kind of a response to a new situation. Degrowth is a rejection of the illusion of growth and a call to repoliticize the public debate colonized by the idiom of economism. It is a project advocating the democraticallyled shrinking of production and consumption with the aim of achieving social justice and ecological sustainability. Hence, almost four decades after the club of rome raised the issue of the limits to growth, the economic growth idol of modern society is once again facing a formidable challenge. Degrowth week 5th international degrowth conference. Back in 2004, serge latouche wrote of a concept that was then. Hes a french political theorist with decades of subversive ideas behind him, postgrowth being the best known today. The need for a degrowth society stems from the certainty that the earths.
Pdf in french economist serge latouches 2009 book, farewell to growth, latouche discusses degrowth in great detail, but he also explains how racial. Serge latouche is professor emeritus at the university of parissud. For the first time, in parallel to the 5th edition of the international degrowth conference in budapest, an open festival will welcome discussions, public panels, artistic performances and exhibitions, practical workshops and convivial events all over the city. Essays on frugal abundance 1 of 4 by serge latouche. Farewell to growth, the leading french champion of the degrowth movement, serge latouche, credited georgescuroegen as the. Degrowth is coming what libraries can do to contribute to the downscaling debate. Serge latouche argues that we need to rethink from the very foundations the idea that our societies should be based on growth. Degrowth, inequality and poverty in paolo ventura, enrique calderon, michela. Farewell to growth, by serge latouche the earthbound report. As a slogan, however, it does not seem capable of drawing much consensus. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. His j udgement was slightly inaccurate in two respects.