Planetary Politics
A Manifesto

Lorenzo Marsili (Author)

9781509544776, Polity Press

Paperback / softback, published 27 November 2020

140 pages
18.5 x 12.2 x 1.3 cm, 0.159 kg

"In an age of planetary-scale existential crises spearheaded by the cul-de-sac of financialised globalisation, Lorenzo Marsili's focus on the need for a renewed internationalism is vital and urgent."
—Yanis Varoufakis

The global crisis of our time involves a complex of ecological, economic, technological and migratory challenges that no state is able to control. The result is a provincialisation of our democracies with respect to the new planetary powers confronting humanity. It is from this that our increasingly impotent and rabid politics stems.  Paradoxical as it may seem, it is precisely the decline of the nation-state that is the source of the great nationalist uprising of our time.

We need a new planetary vision that is able to reclaim and liberate our world, starting today and engaging each of us. This is the task of philosophy as much as it is of politics, of theory as it is of activism. Connecting with a new generation taking to the streets across the globe, this book tells the story of the ever-closer union of our world, from the age of empire to the climate crisis, and presents a plea and a roadmap to step beyond the mental and material boundaries of our nations.

Table of contents:

Introduction

The twilight of universal Europe

The human zoo

The last ideology

Before the revolution

All under heaven

A glimpse into a politics for the planet

Notes

Subject Areas: Politics & government [JP]