Convivial Futures - by Frank Adloff & Alain Caillé (Paperback)

About the Book

This book presents possibilities for a convivial future that would be attractive for as many as possible. It also encompasses theoretical debate on convivialism and shows the multiple and major obstacles that convivialism will have to face.

Book Synopsis

What steps are needed to make life better and more convivial? The Second Convivialist Manifesto (2020) has presented a short diagnosis of the current crises and sketches of a possible and desirable future. It has been a necessary work of theoretical synthesis, but preserving a viable world also requires passion. It is thus urgent to show what people would gain from a shift to a post-neoliberal and post-growth convivialist future. This volume includes a theoretical debate on convivialism which reflects dystopias and shows the multiple and major obstacles that convivialism will have to face. Mainly, however, the contributors to this volume create sketches of a convivial future and collect accounts of another future world which is attractive for as many as possible.

Review Quotes

»In dieser Zusammenstellung unterschiedlicher Beiträge konkretisiert »Convivial Futures« eine politische Philosophie des relationalen guten Lebens für alle, buchstabiert diese jedoch nicht vollumfänglich aus. So bleiben genügend Ideenräume zu füllen und anschlussfähige Bezugspunkte zu identifizieren.«-- "www.centrum3.at, 11 (2022)"

»In this compilation of different contributions, >Convivial Futures

About the Author

Frank Adloff, born in 1969, is a professor of sociology at Universität Hamburg and the co-director of the Humanities Centre for Advanced Studies »Futures of Sustainability«. His research focuses on social theory, social-ecological transformations, conviviality, and civil society.
Alain Caillé, born in 1944, holds a doctorate in economics and is professor emeritus of sociology at the Université Paris Ouest-Nanterre La Défense. He has directed the journal La Revue du MAUSS (Mouvement anti-utilitariste en science sociale) since its foundation in 1981 and is a central player in the convivialist movement.