{"product_id":"superyachts-luxury-tranquility-and-ecocide-hardback-9781509559947","title":"Superyachts; Luxury, Tranquility and Ecocide (Hardback) 9781509559947","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eSuperyachts\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eLuxury, Tranquility and Ecocide\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eGregory Salle (Author), Helen Morrison (Translated by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781509559947, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 26 January 2024\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e140 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.8 x 14.2 x 2 cm, 0.295 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Synecdoche is when a part stands in for the whole, and no part better represents the rise of a reckless, self-indulgent and damaging global plutocracy than superyachts.  Once a rarity, there are now more than 5,000 of these monstrous floating mega-mansions, busy destroying marine ecosystems, undermining local, national and international law, and massively avoiding taxes.  Grégory Salle paints a vivid picture of how these superyachts – costing hundreds of millions to build and many millions every year to operate – are a concrete expression of the grotesqueries of our current social disorder.’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNaomi Oreskes, Harvard University\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘\u003ci\u003eSuperyachts\u003c\/i\u003e offers a deep dive into the world of the wealthiest. It is also a great case study for green criminology. In this breathtaking – and often humorous – book, Grégory Salle shows how capitalism is definitely destroying the planet.’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGwenola Ricordeau, California State University\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eA superyacht is a boat that exceeds 30 metres in length, with some surpassing even 100 metres—more than a football field. At the beginning of the twenty-first century, there were about 2,000 of these vessels in the world; two decades and a financial crisis later, there are three times as many.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGrégory Salle argues that these are not whimsical fads: on the contrary, luxury yachting highlights the social exclusivity of the wealthiest and the environmental waste they emit. Rather than being simply the plaything of billionaires with extravagant lifestyles, the superyacht offers a disconcerting reflection of the world as it is. A contemporary form of ostentatious seclusion, a magnifying glass for social inequalities, the superyacht leads us straight to the great questions of our time, including the question of ecocide. From class struggle to the over-consumption of the rich, from tax evasion to environmental crime, from eco-bleaching to the differential management of illegalities, to pull the thread of super yachting is to unspool the whole ball of capitalism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e Abbreviations \u0026amp; acronyms\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Preface to the English edition\u003cbr\u003e 1.   A colossus at anchor\u003cbr\u003e 2.   One form of excess can conceal another\u003cbr\u003e 3.   Floating palaces\u003cbr\u003e 4.   Specimens\u003cbr\u003e 5.   UHNWI\u003cbr\u003e 6.   Yachting lifestyle\u003cbr\u003e 7.   The abode of production\u003cbr\u003e 8.   Amsterdam’s red party\u003cbr\u003e 9.   ISF-IFI \u0026amp; Co.\u003cbr\u003e 10.  Riding the financial storm\u003cbr\u003e 11.  Conspicuous seclusion\u003cbr\u003e 12.  The political geography of luxury sailing\u003cbr\u003e 13.  Playing the eco-friendly card (greenwashing)\u003cbr\u003e 14.  Posidonia\u003cbr\u003e 15.  The Marine Observatory\u003cbr\u003e 16.  At sea\/in a meeting\u003cbr\u003e 17.  Red-handed\u003cbr\u003e 18.  When Capitalocene and eco-socialism take to the water…  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Notes and references\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Sociology \u0026amp; anthropology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Sociology \u0026amp; anthropology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Sociology%20\u0026amp;%20anthropology%20%5BJH%5D%22\"\u003eJH\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Polity","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52463033909528,"sku":"9781509559947","price":28.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781509559947.jpg?v=1785546170","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/superyachts-luxury-tranquility-and-ecocide-hardback-9781509559947","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}