After Consumerism: Utopianism for a Dying Planet | Gregory Claeys | TEDxGoodenoughCollege

Gregory discusses the role of utopian and dystopian narratives as useful mechanisms for imagining meaningful social and political change. He explains how utopia can help in preparing us for climate change. Gregory Claeys has been a Professor of History of Political Thought at Royal Holloway University of London since 1992. His teaching covers modern social and political thought from the mid-18th century to the contemporary era, focusing on revolutionary, radical, and socialist reform movements.
Since receiving his PhD from the University of Cambridge in 1983, he has published several leading works in the subject areas of socialist radicalism, finance, and environmentalism. Most notably, Machinery, Money, and the Millennium: From Moral Economy to Socialism (1992), Citizens and Saints: Politics and Anti-Politics in Early British Socialism (1989), The French Revolution Debate in Britain (2007), Imperial Sceptics: British Critics of Empire, 1850-1920 (2010), and Marx and Marxism (2018). This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx

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This important talk and the book on the same subject deserve and need all the publicity possible.

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We won't fix it. Humanity doesn't have it in them. Sorry.

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not with this attitude

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Not so persuasive.