Description:
This book examines and assesses the interdependence between sustainability and wellbeing by drawing attention to humans as producers and consumers of cultural expressions in a post-human age. This book will be of great interest to students and researchers interested in sustainability through conceptual and empirical approaches.
Review Quotes:
"Methodologically sophisticated and thematically wide-ranging, this innovative anthology examines the multiple links between planetary sustainability and human wellbeing. The contributors succeed admirably in presenting holistic alternatives to conventional forms of human development that balance social and ecological concerns." -- Manfred B. Steger, Professor of Sociology, University of Hawai'i at Manoa
"This comprehensive volume brings an entirely new perspective to debates on sustainability by linking a contemporary global view to historical considerations. In doing so it interrogates conventional wisdom, including that found in academic discussion, which too often supposes that contemporary capitalism is the only point of departure for human prospect in a time of species peril. The book rightly insists that the prize of human wellbeing is a cultural and historical project that demands an open and critical enquiry." -- Brendan Gleeson, Director of the Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute, The University of Melbourne, Australia
"Spinozzi and Mazzanti demonstrate how the scope of interdisciplinary dialogue extends to devising holistic creative solutions for the future. The new view of sustainable development theorized and illustrated in the book incorporates global and local perspectives, focuses on social wellbeing and is grounded on a human development approach. The use of speculative literature to assess the representation of sustainable and unsustainable futures sets fertile ground for a stronger cooperation between the humanities and the sciences." -- Fátima Vieira, University of Porto, Portugal, and Coordinator of the ARUS Network - Advanced Research in Utopian Studies