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Interview • 2014

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Aufbruchtage - palaverdemokratisch ... Christopher Laumanns im Gespräch

By: Christopher Laumanns, Schattenblick

Interview mit Christopher Laumanns im Rahmen der Degrowth Konferenz 2014 in Leipzig. Aus dem Interview: . . . Entfremdete Arbeit bedeutet, daß der Arbeiter mit dem Produkt nichts zu tun hat. Das war bei uns nicht der Fall gewesen, denn das Produkt hat extrem viel mit uns als Personen zu tun. Sicherlich hat es immens viel Arbeit gekostet, aber man muß dabei die Arbeitsbedingungen, die Länge der...

Presentation • 2014

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Introductory Course: "Degrowth: What?!"

By: Federico Demaria, Giacomo D'Alisa

Recording of an introductory course held at the 4th International Degrowth Conference for Ecological Sustainability and Social Equity in Leipzig in 2014. Federico Demaria and Giacomo D'Alisa from the French-Spanish organisation Research and Degrowth give an introduction to degrowth. The presentation is based on the introduction to the book "Degrowth. A vocabulary for a new era." and discusses...

Report • 2014

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Aufbruchtage - Umkehr marsch ...

By: Schattenblick

Bericht von der Degrowth Konferenz 2014 in Leipzig zur Veranstaltung "Einführungsveranstalltung zur Wachstumskritik" mit Dagmar Paternoga und Hermann Mahler. Aus dem Bericht: . . . Auf unserem endlichen Planeten mit seinen begrenzten Ressourcen, so begann Dagmar Paternoga, ist Wachstum ohne Ende nicht möglich. In vielen Bereichen ist die ökologische Tragfähigkeit der Erde bereits überschritten...

Report • 2014

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Aufbruchtage - Schuld und Lohn ...

By: Schattenblick

Bericht von der Degrowth Konferenz 2014 in Leipzig zur Veranstaltung "Growth, degrowth, and (the critique of) capitalism" mit Eric Pinault. Aus dem Bericht: Éric Pineault, Professor am Department für Soziologie an der Université du Québec in Montréal, mit seinem Vortrag über "Eine politische Ökonomie des Degrowth: die Widersprüche des Spätkapitalismus und der Imperativ eines ökologischen Übe...

Report • 2014

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Aufbruchtage - Brauch- und Wuchskultur auf die Gegenspur

By: Schattenblick

Der erste Artikel einer Berichtserie zur vierten Internationalen Degrowth Konferenz, die im September 2014 in Leipzig statt fand. In diesem Artikel wird mit einer ausführlichen Wachstumskritik auf die Konferenz Berichterstattung vorbereitet. BERICHT/028 aus der Rubrik "Bürger/Gesellschaft" > "Report" von der Zeitung Schattenblick > Mehr Artikel über die Degrowth Konferenz 2014 in Le...

Position paper • 2014

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Mehr oder weniger?

By: Tadzio Müller, Christa Wichterich, Norbert Reuter, Kristina Dietz

Wachstumskritik von links. Aus der Einleitung: . . . Das mit der Wachstumskritik ist schon eine schwierige Sache für die Linke. Wie formulierte noch Alexis Tsipras von Syriza unter großem Applaus auf dem Parteitag der LINKEN im Mai in Berlin: Eine «Gesellschaft der Gerechtigkeit, der Solidarität und des Wachstums» müsse als linkes Konzept der herrschenden EU-Politik entgegengestellt werden. ...

Interview • 2014

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"On The Way To Ozora" - Introduction to Degrowth

By: Vincent Liegey, Sara Feher

A radio interview where Vincent Liegey gives an introduction to degrowth in theory and praxis.

Scientific paper • 2014

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Degrowth: A Vocabulary for a New Era

By: Federico Demaria, Giacomo D’Alisa, Giorgos Kallis (ed.)

Anti-utilitarianism, Bio-economics, Environmental Justice, Simplicity, Conviviality, Autonomy, Care, Commons, Dépense

Interview • 2014

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Degrowth: Leben und Wirtschaften jenseits des Wachstums (Teil 2)

By: Kontext TV

Quelle: www.kontext-tv.de   Gäste: Barbara Muraca, Philosophin an der Universität Jena, Autorin des Buches "Gut Leben. Eine Gesellschaft jenseits des Wachstums" Michel Bauwens, Gründer und Direktor der Peer-to-Peer Foundation (P2P) Tony Greenham, New Economics Foundation, London / Transition Network Sarah Ackerbauer, Transition Town / Dresden im Wandel Benjamin Best, Wuppertal Institut ...

Art contribution • 2014

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Short film walk / Kurzfilmwanderung

By: Luc-Carolin Ziemann

[gallery link="file" columns="4" ids="100383,100384,100385,100386"] From the conference programme: Join in for a stroll through the city of Leipzig. Equipped with a projector, sound system, generator and short films the short film walking tour starts in the court of the university. On the way through the city gray facades are animated with scintillating pictures and empty streets are filled ...

Scientific paper • 2014

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Buen Vivir, Degrowth and Ecological Swaraj: Alternatives to sustainable development and the Green Economy

By: Ashish Kothari, Federico Demaria, Alberto Acosta

well-being; environmental justice; sustainability; economic growth; equity; sustainable development

• 2014

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Nach dem Wachstum

By: Steffen Kühne, Tadzio Müller, John Neelsen, Susanne Schultz, Wenke Christoph, Hella Hertzfeldt, Silke Veth, Hans Thie, Sabine Reiner, Mario Candeias, Katharina Pühl, Juliane Eirich

Debatte um Degrowth und gerechte Verteilung – Wege zum sozialökologischen Umbau der Gesellschaft. RosaLux 2/2014. Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung: Mit den Grenzen kapitalistischen Wirtschaftens, den zerstörerischen Folgen des immanenten Wachstumszwangs und der schwierigen Suche nach Alternativen befasst sich die Ausgabe 2-2014 des Stiftungsjournals RosaLux. Im Vorfeld des internationalen Degrowth-Ko...

Scientific paper • 2014

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A Christian Criticism of the Society of Growth

By: Martin KOPP

Abstract: Does the Christian faith question the society of growth? This short paper argues that it indeed contradicts its productivist social imaginary. First, a renewed theology of creation opposes the anthropocentric view of humankind rightfully ruling and exploiting nature. Second, the evangelical ethics of sobriety and sharing is in conflict with the materialistic view of life. Through thes...

Scientific paper • 2014

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The scientific work of Richard Douthwaite

By: Hans Diefenbacher

Abstract: The first contribution to the special session on the legacy of Richard Douthwaite is an attempt to carve out his most important heoretical findings to show to what extent the work of Richard Douthwaite can be seen as a convincing foundation to a degrowth strategy, and how this foundation can be used to develop practical suggestions towards its political realization. The contribution w...

Scientific paper • 2014

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A post-growth society for the 21st century - Does prosperity have to wait for the return of economic growth?

By: Lucas Chancel, Damien Demailly, Henri Waisman, Céline Guivarch

Abstract: A post-growth society for the 21st century - Does prosperity have to wait for the return of economic growth? To respond to this dissatisfaction with the current political and media discourse on growth, this report attempts to answer – as far as possible – the two following questions: 1. Can we have any certainty about the future of growth? 2. Assuming that the coming decades will be a...

Scientific paper • 2014

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From “The Limits to Growth” to “Degrowth”: Discourses of Critique of Growth in the Crises of the 1970s and 2008

By: Maria Markantonatou

Abstract: The presentation examines two discourses of growth critique that arose during the crisis of the Keynesian growth model in the 1970s and during the current economic crisis respectively. It analyzes in particular how these discourses deal with questions of labor, population and society in the context of the two crises. Compared are the debates surrounding the publication of The Limits t...

Scientific paper • 2014

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Long-lasting low growth scenario: The case study Austria

By: Andrea Stocker

Abstract: The paper is motivated by the assumption that low economic growth rates could be the normal case and not the exception in developed economies in the near and also in the far future. Several reasons imply limits on economic scale and thus limits to growth, e.g. resource scarcities, commodity price shocks, instability of financial markets, government debts, a decline in consumer confiden...

Scientific paper • 2014

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Critique and the Organization of Production

By: Nina Pohler

New Spirit of Capitalism, Artistic Critique, Social Critique, Growth Critique, Coordination of Work Strategies for transformation

Scientific paper • 2014

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Current Contradiction between sustainable development and degrowth

By: Hermilo Salas

Abstract: If the basic contradiction is in current economic models, what is the right path to solve it and thus avoid the crisis of the environment and of life itself? It is evident that our current lifestyles are part of economic models that are unsustainable. How can we avoid that catastrophic growth? The basis of the proposal presented here is in showing the contradictions of growth to find ...

Position paper • 2014

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Challenging Capital Oligarchies

By: Judith Dellheim

A socialist view on degrowth positions by Judith Dellheim. Policy Paper 04/201 Introduction: Who does actually drive growth? Two central forces behind destructive growth today are a new type of capital oligarchies, and a new form of financialisation. More than ever, these are blocking social and ecological alternatives. Any socialist critique of growth must therefore begin here. There are t...