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Jacob Blumenfeld discusses the concept of “managing decline”, the subject of fossil capitalism and the implications of transitioning away from it. --- Info on Creative Construction Book Launch: Date: March 4th, 19h Location: aquarium am Südblock Skalitzer Str. 6 10999 Berlin Deutschland About the book: Groos, J. & Sorg, C. (2025). Creative Construction - Democratic Planning in the 21st Century and Beyond. Bristol University Press. [for a review copy, please contact: amber.lanfranchi[at]bristol.ac.uk] https://bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/creative-construction   If you are interested in democratic economic planning, these resources might be of help: Democratic planning – an information website https://www.democratic-planning.com/ Sorg, C. & Groos, J. (eds.)(2025). Rethinking Economic Planning. Competition & Change Special Issue Volume 29 Issue 1. https://journals.sagepub.com/toc/ccha/29/1 International Network for Democratic Economic Planning https://www.indep.network/ Democratic Planning Research Platform: https://www.planningresearch.net/   --- Shownotes The Centre for Social Critique at the Humboldt University Berlin: https://criticaltheoryinberlin.de/ Blumenfeld, J. (2022). Climate barbarism: Adapting to a wrong world. Constellations, 30(2), 162–178. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8675.12596 Blumenfeld, J. (2023) What was socialization. A look back. https://sfb294-eigentum.de/en/blog/what-was-socialization-a-look-back/ Blumenfeld, J. (2024a). Managing Decline. Cured Quail, Vol. 3. https://curedquail.com/Managing-Decline Blumenfeld, J. (2024b). The Concept of Property in Kant, Fichte, and Hegel. Freedom, Right, and Recognition. Routledge. https://www.routledge.com/The-Concept-of-Property-in-Kant-Fichte-and-Hegel-Freedom-Right-and-Recognition/Blumenfeld/p/book/9781032575186 Blumenfeld, J. (2024c). Socialising Nature. https://www.break-down.org/post/socialising-nature Blumenfeld, J. (2024d). Welcome to the Anderscene. Brooklyn Rail. https://brooklynrail.org/2024/07/field-notes/Welcome-to-the-Anderscene/ Angebauer, N., Blumenfeld, J., & Wesche, T. (2025). Umkämpftes Eigentum: Eine gesellschaftstheoretische Debatte. Suhrkamp. https://www.suhrkamp.de/buch/umkaempftes-eigentum-t-9783518300503 Jacob contributed to this soon to be published book: Forstenhäusler, Robin, et al. (Eds.). (2025). Klima und Gesellschaftskritik. Verbrecher Verlag. https://www.verbrecherverlag.de/shop/klimawandel-und-gesellschaftskritik/ Buck, H. J. (2021). Ending Fossil Fuels: Why Net Zero is Not Enough. Verso Books. https://www.versobooks.com/products/2735-ending-fossil-fuels on the productive forces turning into destructive forces see: https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1845/german-ideology/ch01d.htm Staab, P. (2022). Anpassung. Leitmotiv der nächsten Gesellschaft. Suhrkamp. https://www.suhrkamp.de/buch/philipp-staab-anpassung-t-9783518127797 Felli, R. (2021). The Great Adaptation: Climate, Capitalism and Catastrophe. Verso Books. https://www.versobooks.com/products/841-the-great-adaptation Malm, A., & Carton, W. (2024). Overshoot: How the World Surrendered to Climate Breakdown. Verso Books. https://www.versobooks.com/products/3131-overshoot on the „Promethean Gap“: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Promethean_gap on Otto Neurath: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Neurath on Freud's concept of the “Reality Principle”: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reality_principle Marcuse, H. (1955) Eros and Civilization. A Philosophical Inquiry into Freud. Beacon Press. https://archive.org/details/HerbertMarcuseErosandCivilization on Vaclav Smil: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaclav_Smil on the Yellow Wests Protests (also “Gilets Jaunes”): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_vests_protests Mann, G., & Wainwright, J. (2018). Climate Leviathan: A Political Theory of Our Planetary Future. Verso Books. https://www.versobooks.com/products/520-climate-leviathan Moore, S., & Roberts, A. (2022). The Rise of Ecofascism: Climate Change and the Far Right. Polity Books. https://www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?book_slug=the-rise-of-ecofascism-climate-change-and-the-far-right--9781509545377 on Marxist crisis theory: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crisis_theory Markley, S. (2023) The Deluge. Simon & Schuster. https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Deluge/Stephen-Markley/9781982123109   Future Histories Episodes on Related Topics S03E23 | Andreas Malm on Overshooting into Climate Breakdown https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s03/e23-andreas-malm-on-overshooting-into-climate-breakdown/ S03E30 | Matt Huber & Kohei Saito on Growth, Progress and Left Imaginaries https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s03/e30-matt-huber-kohei-saito-on-growth-progress-and-left-imaginaries/ S03E03 | Planning for Entropy on Sociometabolic Planning https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s03/e03-planning-for-entropy-on-sociometabolic-planning/ S02E55 | Kohei Saito on Degrowth Communism https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s02/e55-kohei-saito-on-degrowth-communism/ S02E47 | Matt Huber on Building Socialism, Climate Change & Class War https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s02/e47-matt-huber-on-building-socialism-climate-change-class-war/ S02E27 | Nick Dyer-Witheford on Biocommunism https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s02/e27-nick-dyer-witheford-on-biocommunism/ S02E18 | Drew Pendergrass and Troy Vettese on Half Earth Socialism https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s02/e18-drew-pendergrass-and-troy-vettese-on-half-earth-socialism/   Future Histories Contact & Support If you like Future Histories, please consider supporting us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/join/FutureHistories Contact: office@futurehistories.today Twitter: https://twitter.com/FutureHpodcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/futurehpodcast/ Mastodon: https://mstdn.social/@FutureHistories English webpage: https://futurehistories-international.com   Episode Keywords  #JacobBlumenfeld, #Podcast, #JanGroos, #Interview, #FutureHistories, #futurehistoriesinternational, #FutureHistoriesInternational, #Degrowth, #Socialism, #Capitalism, #GreenNewDeal, #ClimateJustice, #PoliticalEconomy, #ClimateCrisis, #FossilCapitalism, #EcoSocialism, #Marx, #DemocraticEconomicPlanning, #Market, #Adaption, #Mitigation, #AndreasMalm, #Marcuse, #Freud, #DemocraticPlanning, #PostCapitalism, #ClimatePolitics, #RadicalEcology, #JustTransition, #Prometheanism

“To the question how shall we ever be able to extricate ourselves from the obvious insanity of this position, there is no answer.,” These words were written fifty years ago by philosopher Hannah Arendt, but are just as relevant to the present moment, in which our political leaders and systems continue to fail to grapple with climate and ecological crisis at the scale or urgency they demand. The degree to which these systems are failing has led many to question whether capitalism, democracy or even the nation-state are incompatible with a sustainable future, or whether they can survive accelerating climate change.  In today's episode, Geoff Mann breaks down these political questions with Adrienne, focusing on the political ‘futures' sketched in his acclaimed 2018 book “Climate Leviathan”, and asks what kind of politics we need to build a more just and sustainable world. Geoff Mann is a Distinguished Professor in geography at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, Canada. He is the author, with Joel Wainwright, of the acclaimed Climate Leviathan: A Political Theory of Our Planetary Future (Verso, 2018). His work is currently focused on the role of uncertainty in policy and politics.

Die imperiale Lebensweise steckt in der Krise. Welche Entwicklungstendenzen zeichnen sich ab?   Shownotes Ulrich Brand (UNI Wien): https://politikwissenschaft.univie.ac.at/ueber-uns/mitarbeiterinnen/brand/ Ulrich bei X: https://twitter.com/uli_brand Brand, Ulrich und Wissen, Markus. Kapitalismus am Limit.Öko-imperiale Spannungen, umkämpfte Krisenpolitik und solidarische Perspektiven. 2024. oekom Verlag: https://www.oekom.de/buch/kapitalismus-am-limit-9783987260650 Brand, Ulrich und Wissen, Markus. Imperiale Lebensweisen. Zur Ausbeutung von Mensch und Natur im globalen Kapitalismus. 2017. oekom Verlag: https://www.oekom.de/buch/imperiale-lebensweise-9783865818430   Weiter Shownotes Markus Wissen am IPE Berlin: https://www.ipe-berlin.org/institut/mitglieder/markus-wissen/ Antonio Gramsci (Monoskop englisch): https://monoskop.org/Antonio_Gramsci Globaler Norden und Globaler Süden (Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung): https://www.fes.de/wissen/globaler-sueden Neue Weltwirtschaftsordnung (Wikipedia): https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neue_Weltwirtschaftsordnung Dekolonisation (Wikipedia): https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dekolonisation Neue internationale Arbeitsteilung (Gabler Wirtschaftslexikon): https://wirtschaftslexikon.gabler.de/definition/neue-internationale-arbeitsteilung-38162 Branko Milanović (Wikipedia): https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Branko_Milanovi%C4%87 Ulrike Hermann (Wikipedia): https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulrike_Herrmann Kollapsologie (Gabler Wirtschaftslexikon): https://wirtschaftslexikon.gabler.de/definition/kollapsologie-122706 Servigne, Pablo und Stevens, Raphaël. 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Fossile Energieträger und autoritäres Begehren. 2023. Matthes & Seitz Berlin: https://www.matthes-seitz-berlin.de/buch/petromaskulinitaet.html Heteronormativ (Deutsches Institut für Sozialwirtschaft): https://echte-vielfalt.de/aufklaerung-und-bildung/wortschatz/was-ist-eigentlich-heteronormativitaet/ Slavoj Žižek (Wikipedia): https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavoj_%C5%BDi%C5%BEek Der europäischer Grüne Deal (Europäische Kommission): https://commission.europa.eu/strategy-and-policy/priorities-2019-2024/european-green-deal_de Ökologischer Imperialismus: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%96kologischer_Imperialismus Alberto Ángel Fernández (Wikipedia): https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alberto_%C3%81ngel_Fern%C3%A1ndez Krauss, Martin. Pessimismus des Verstands. 2001. in Jungleworld: https://jungle.world/artikel/2001/09/pessimismus-des-verstands Fridays for Future (Website): https://fridaysforfuture.de/ Ende Gelände (Website): https://www.ende-gelaende.org/ Pacto EcoSocial e Intercultural del Sur (Website auf Spanisch): https://pactoecosocialdelsur.com/ Walden Bello (Wikipedia): https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walden_Bello Bello, Walden. De-Globalisierung: Widerstand gegen die neue Weltordnung. Hrsg. Oliver Nachtwey und Peter Strotmann. 2005. VSA Verlag (pdf): https://www.vsa-verlag.de/uploads/media/Bello_De-Globalisierung.pdf Veit, Alex und Fuchs, Daniel. Eine gerechte Weltwirtschaftsordnung? Die »New International Economic Order« und die Zukunft der Süd-Nord-Beziehungen. 2023. Transcript Verlag: https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783839468814/html Latour, Bruno und Schulz, Nikolaj. Zur Entstehung einer ökologischen Klasse: Ein Memorandum. 2022. 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Zürich: Diaphenes: https://www.diaphanes.net/titel/das-gespenst-des-kapitals-198 Lukas Oberndorfer (Akademie für sozialen & ökologischen Umbau Wien): https://sozialundoekologisch.org/ Arbeiterkammer Wien (Website): https://wien.arbeiterkammer.at/index.html Nicos Poulantzas. Staatstheorie: Politischer Überbau, Ideologie, Autoritärer Etatismus. 2002. VSA Verlag: https://www.vsa-verlag.de/nc/detail/artikel/staatstheorie-1/ BUND (Website): https://www.bund.net/ Brand, Ulrich. Gegen-Hegemonie: Perspektiven globalisierungskritischer Strategien. 2005. über Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung (pdf): https://www.rosalux.de/fileadmin/rls_uploads/pdfs/ABC/ABC_der_Alternativen_Gegen-Hegemonie-Brand.pdf Klaus Dörre (Website): https://klaus-doerre.de/ Pluriverse: A Post-Development Dictionary. Edited by Ashish Kothari, Ariel Salleh, Arturo Escobar, Federico Demaria, and Alberto Acosta. 2019. Tulika Books: https://cup.columbia.edu/book/pluriverse/9788193732984 Buchter, Heike. Ölförderung in Ecuador: Wo jeder Hektar unbezahlbar ist. 2023. Zeit Online: https://www.zeit.de/wirtschaft/2023-08/ecuador-oelfoerderung-yasuni-nationalpark-referendum Theodor W. 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Professor Geoff Mann is Distinguished Professor of Geography at Simon Fraser University, Vancouver BC. Geoff is an award-winning political economist and writer, known as a leading researcher on the historical development and future trajectory of economic governance set against the backdrop of the climate crisis. He is a senior fellow at the Institute for New Economic Thinking and a 2022 recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship award for his contributions to his field. Among many publications, the book Climate Leviathan: A Political Theory of Our Planetary Future (Verso, 2018) (with Joel Wainwright) is a vital referent point for anyone interested in the radical political consequences of climate change. But it is the quite brilliant 2019 article in the Boston Review ‘It Was Not Supposed to End This Way' and his intriguing claim that ‘the tragedy of liberalism is its inability to narrate the end progress' which serves as the point of departure for our conversation. In this podcast we talk about the scale and depth of the challenge posed by the Anthropocene, the impossible ‘We', the tragedy of liberalism, and where we might look for alternative stories to narrate the end of progress, and much, much more. Geoff can be found here: https://www.sfu.ca/geography/about/our-people/profiles/Geoff-Mann.html And tweets @GeoffPMann: https://twitter.com/GeoffPMann We discussed: ‘Markets Won't Stop Fossil Fuels', Dissent Magazine, Spring 2023: https://www.dissentmagazine.org/article/markets-wont-stop-fossil-fuels/ ‘It Was Not Supposed to End This Way', Boston Review, 13 August 2019: https://www.bostonreview.net/articles/geoff-mann-it-was-not-supposed-end-way/ Climate Leviathan: A Political Theory of Our Planetary Future (Verso, 2018) (with Joel Wainwright): https://www.versobooks.com/en-gb/products/520-climate-leviathan

In this FINAL episode of our discussion of Green Earth, Matt and Hilary talk about the themes of unintelligibility throughout the novel(s) and think about the ways the novel(s) insert climate change into both the political and the everyday lived realities of people who are used to living relatively comfortable lives. We work through some issues on the historical contexts of the novel's publication and our reading of it a mere 18 (or 7) years later, but in what feels like a radically different world both politically and with regards to climate. The ways the novel does show in a subtle way some of the holes in the kinds of solutions it posits, like the Quiblers' possibility of moving in with the Khembalis, the questionable nature of American democracy vis a vis the fixed (or unfixed) presidential election, and the cloudy relationship between capitalism and liberal democracy, especially in light of the role China plays in the denouement. We touch on metaphor, science, Buddhism, 1000-year projects, the Chemosphere, class consciousness among the PMC, and so, so much more. Thanks for listening to this season! We'll be taking a bit of a break for a few weeks and will return with a series of episodes on the ALIEN movie franchise, then probably an episode on the book Climate Leviathan: A Political Theory of Our Planetary Future by Joel Wainwright and Geoff Mann. And eventually we'll return to KSR--we still have at least five books left to read! Email us at maroonedonmarspodcast@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter @podcastonmars Leave us a voicemail on the Anchor.fm app Rate and review us on iTunes or wherever you listen to your podcasts! Music by Spirit of Space --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/marooned-on-mars/message

It's probably safe to say that at this point, most people recognize that it's not a question of whether climate change will have devastating impacts on humans and our environment — but more, just what the political fallout of inevitable climate collapse will look like… In this Conversation, we're exploring just that: the political consequences of climate collapse. We've brought two guests to help explore this, co-authors of the book Climate Leviathan: A Political Theory of Our Planetary Future, published by Verso Books. Geoff Mann is the Director of the Centre for Global Political Economy at Simon Fraser University in British Columbia and Joel Wainwright is a human geographer who teaches political economy and social theory at Ohio State University. Thanks to Matt Kish (matt-kish.com) for the cover art. Upstream theme music was composed by Robert. Support for this episode was provided by the Guerrilla Foundation and by listeners like you. Upstream is a labor of love — we couldn't keep this project going without the generosity of our listeners and fans. Please consider chipping in a one-time or recurring donation at www.upstreampodcast.org/support Also, if your organization wants to sponsor one of our upcoming episodes, we have a number of sponsorship packages available. Find out more at upstreampodcast.org/sponsorship For more from Upstream, visit www.upstreampodcast.org and follow us on social media: twitter.com/UpstreamPodcast Instagram.com/upstreampodcast You can also subscribe to us on Apple Podcast and Spotify: Apple Podcast: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/upst…am/id1082594532 Spotify: spoti.fi/2AryXHs

Grace speaks to Geoff Mann, Professor of Geography at Simon Fraser University and author of In the Long Run We Are All Dead: Keynesianism, Political Economy and Revolution and, with Joel Wainwright, Climate Leviathan: A Political Theory of Our Planetary Future. They discuss capitalism, state power and climate breakdown, whether the pandemic has ended neoliberalism, and why democracy is so important to anti-capitalist struggle today.You can support our work on the show by becoming a Patron at patreon.com/aworldtowinpod, where you'll also get access to full versions of the interviews.

Grace speaks to Geoff Mann, Professor of Geography at Simon Fraser University and author of In the Long Run We Are All Dead: Keynesianism, Political Economy and Revolution and, with Joel Wainwright, Climate Leviathan: A Political Theory of Our Planetary Future. They discuss capitalism, state power and climate breakdown, whether the pandemic has ended neoliberalism, and why democracy is so important to anti-capitalist struggle today.You can support our work on the show by becoming a Patron at patreon.com/aworldtowinpod, where you'll also get access to full versions of the interviews.

This week, Grace Blakeley speaks to Geoff Mann, Professor of Geography at Simon Fraser University and author of In the Long Run We Are All Dead: Keynesianism, Political Economy and Revolution and, with Joel Wainwright, Climate Leviathan: A Political Theory of Our Planetary Future. They discuss capitalism, state power and climate breakdown, whether the pandemic has ended neoliberalism, and why democracy is so important to anti-capitalist struggle today.You can support our work on the show by becoming a Patron. Thanks to our producer Conor Gillies and the Lipman-Miliband Trust for making this episode possible.

Geoff is Director of the Centre for Global Political Economy, Simon Fraser University in Canada- his teaching and research concern the politics and political economy of capitalism. Geoff the author of several books most recently Climate Leviathan: A Political Theory of Our Planetary Future, written with Joel Wainright, a explores the challenges global climate change poses to the contemporary geopolitical order. In this broad ranging interview, Geoff shares his views on some important recent trends in the global economy, the impact of Covid, and current political scene in the United States. Geoff also talks about his recent book, Climate Leviathan, arguing that rapid climate change will transform the world's political economy and the fundamental political arrangements most people take for granted. The post Episode 96: Interview with Geoff Mann Director of the Centre for Global Political Economy, Simon Fraser University appeared first on The Sustainability Agenda.

There's no question: global warming is here and causing serious harm. And we're on course for much worse, especially as the signatories to the Paris Accord — the US aside — are not on track to meet even the insufficient targets it sets.  How might that shape the politics of the future?   And what might radicals do to change course?  Joel Wainwright discusses our possible futures in a climate-changed world. (Encore presentation.) Resources: Geoff Mann and Joel Wainwright, Climate Leviathan: A Political Theory of Our Planetary Future Verso, 2018 The post The Politics of Climate Crisis appeared first on KPFA.

There's no question: global warming is here and causing serious harm. And we're on course for much worse, especially as the signatories to the Paris Accord — the US aside — are not on track to meet even the insufficient targets it sets.  How might that shape the politics of the future?   And what might radicals do to change course?  Joel Wainwright discusses our possible futures in a climate-changed world, part of an Against the Grain series on organizing against climate disaster. Resources: Geoff Mann and Joel Wainwright, Climate Leviathan: A Political Theory of Our Planetary Future Verso, 2018 The post The Politics of Climate Crisis appeared first on KPFA.

Cymene and Dominic discuss last month’s catastrophic blackout in Venezuela on this week’s podcast. Then (17:39) we’re thrilled to have the chance to chat with Geoff Mann and Joel Wainwright about their fascinating, provocative new book, Climate Leviathan: A Political Theory of Our Planetary Future (Verso, 2018). We start with how the book came to be and what they mean by the potential future scenarios of “climate leviathan,” “climate behemoth” and “climate Mao.” We then turn to how climate change might prompt planetary sovereignty and what will happen if global capitalism is allowed to define that sovereignty. We talk about the enduring power of nationalist sentiments and imaginaries, especially in the form of adopting a “war footing” against climate change, and why they think we shouldn’t put all our eggs in the Green New Deal basket. We debate to what extent Keynesianism is really petroknowledge and how the image of leviathan haunts political thinking today. We close with a fourth scenario they term “climate X” and what we can imagine about the possibilities of a non-capitalist locally-sovereign future. PS For those of you in the Houston area, please join us for Cultures of Energy 8 this week (details at culturesofenergy.org) or follow the live-tweets from the symposium via @cenhs

March 4th, 2019 - 7pm Geoff Mann: Permanent Emergency The effort to understand contemporary sovereignty (“rulership”) might best be pursued not through Schmitt’s influential characterization of sovereignty as inaugurated in the decision on the exception, but by concentrating on necessity. If, as has been said for a century, we are in a “permanent state of emergency”, the exception loses its critical grip. If the “exception” becomes the rule, what does the sovereign decide? Necessity points to a conception of sovereignty—which we might describe as the determination of the distribution of the burdens of life—able to help us grapple with crucial challenges to the modern state. The problems associated with accelerating climate change and inequality, for example, are no longer “exceptional”, but so unexceptional as to be paradigmatic of the current conjuncture. For the state, the problem is not the decisive act in the declaration of a state of emergency. Instead, the present calamity demands daily, almost mundane answers to the question of the distribution of life’s burdens. As the management of “permanent emergency” becomes more central to state function, the “exception” proves an increasingly inadequate conceptual tool. This gives new meaning to the “tragic” understanding of politics in liberal political theory and political economy.Geoff Mann is a professor and undergraduate programs chair in the Department of Geography at Simon Fraser University, where he also directs the Centre for Global Political Economy. His most recent books are In the Long Run We Are All Dead: Keynesianism, Political Economy and Revolution (Verso, 2017) and Climate Leviathan: A Political Theory of Our Planetary Future, co-authored with Joel Wainwright (Verso, 2018).

In this segment, Joel Wainwright, co-author of ‘Climate Leviathan: A Political Theory of Our Planetary Future,’ discusses a topic often overlooked in the broader discussion about global climate change and our planetary future: how our political and economic institutions will respond to global climate change. Joel outlines his view of what he and co-author Geoff Mann have dubbed “Climate X,” a political framework that consists of coalition of grassroots movements spanning the globe that are attempting to mitigate and adequately respond to global climate change as it unfolds, and how this political framework currently stands up against the dominant economic and political frameworks responding to climate change today. Joel Wainwright is a professor at Ohio State University, where he teaches in the department of geography. He is the author of three books: ‘Decolonizing Development: Colonial Power and the Maya’ (which won the Blaut award), ‘Geopiracy: Oaxaca, Militant Empiricism, and Geographical Thought,’ and, most recently, ‘Climate Leviathan: A Political Theory of our Planetary Future,’ co-authored with Geoff Mann. Learn more about ‘Climate Leviathan’ here: bit.ly/climateleviathan This is a segment of episode of episode #127 of Last Born In The Wilderness “Climate Leviathan: Climate Change & Our Political Future w/ Joel Wainwright.” Listen to the full episode: https://bit.ly/2JRAadq Podcast website: https://www.lastborninthewilderness.com Support the podcast: PATREON: www.patreon.com/lastborninthewilderness ONE-TIME DONATION: www.ko-fi.com/lastborninthewilderness Follow and listen: SOUNDCLOUD: www.soundcloud.com/lastborninthewilderness ITUNES: www.goo.gl/Fvy4ca GOOGLE PLAY: https://goo.gl/wYgMQc STITCHER: https://goo.gl/eeUBfS Social Media: FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/lastborninthewildernesspodcast TWITTER: www.twitter.com/lastbornpodcast INSTAGRAM: www.instagram.com/patterns.of.behavior

In this episode, I speak with Joel Wainwright, professor at Ohio State University, and co-author of ‘Climate Leviathan: A Political Theory of Our Planetary Future.’ In this book, Joel and co-author Geoff Mann examine a question often overlooked within the broader discussion about global climate change and our planetary future: how will our political and economic institutions respond to global climate change? The governments of the world are just beginning to respond to the cascading and catastrophic changes currently underway on this planet. Our political institutions operate within certain political and economic frameworks, and by examining and providing an understanding of these frameworks in their book ‘Climate Leviathan,’ Joel and Geoff outline a compelling and accurate analysis of what our political future may look like. In this interview, Joel outlines each of these, including the provocatively titled “Climate Leviathan,” “Climate Behemoth,” “Climate Mao,” and “Climate X”. Joel provides a description of each of these, as well as the kind of decisions our economic and political institutions within these frameworks will make in a world made increasingly unstable and inhospitable to life as a result of abrupt climate change. Regarding our planetary future, what can we expect of our political and economic institutions responses to the existential threat of abrupt climate change? We discuss this, and more, in this episode. ‘In the face of these trends it is difficult to contemplate the future calmly. Merely to confront our perils can paralyze us with fear. As Mike Davis says, “on the basis of the evidence before us, taking a ‘realist’ view of the human prospect, like seeing Medusa’s head, would simply turn us into stone.” We have done our best to suppress that dread and wrote Climate Leviathan to think through the political-economic futures that climate change seems to us most likely to induce. The mandate for that undertaking, for all its limitations and guesswork, stems from the looming political-economic formations that are no small part of our peril. Above all, we must not be afraid to ask hard questions.’ Source: bit.ly/climateleviathan Joel Wainwright is a professor at Ohio State University, where he teaches in the department of geography. He is the author of three books: ‘Decolonizing Development: Colonial Power and the Maya’ (which won the Blaut award); ‘Geopiracy: Oaxaca, Militant Empiricism, and Geographical Thought;’ and, most recently, ‘Climate Leviathan: A Political Theory of our Planetary Future,’ co-authored with Geoff Mann. Episode Notes: - Learn more and purchase Joel Wainwright and Geoff Mann’s book ‘Climate Leviathan’ here: bit.ly/climateleviathan - Read an excerpt of the introduction to ‘Climate Leviathan’ here: http://bit.ly/2JSEZ6c - Joel's Ohio State University page: http://bit.ly/2ypVNjE - The song featured in this episode is “Gumbo Baby” by Jonwayne from the album Oodles of Doodles. - Podcast website: https://www.lastborninthewilderness.com - Support the podcast: PATREON: www.patreon.com/lastborninthewilderness ONE-TIME DONATION: www.ko-fi.com/lastborninthewilderness - Follow and listen: SOUNDCLOUD: www.soundcloud.com/lastborninthewilderness ITUNES: www.goo.gl/Fvy4ca GOOGLE PLAY: https://goo.gl/wYgMQc STITCHER: https://goo.gl/eeUBfS - Social Media: FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/lastborninthewildernesspodcast TWITTER: www.twitter.com/lastbornpodcast INSTAGRAM: www.instagram.com/patterns.of.behavior

Whether the U.S. is in or out of the Paris Climate Accord, woefully little has been done to stop global warming. Geoff Mann argues that the most serious effects from climate change won't only be ecology, but also political. He discusses what possible political orders may take hold from the disruptions caused by a heating planet. Resources: Geoff Mann and Joel Wainwright, Climate Leviathan: A Political Theory of Our Planetary Future Verso, 2018 The post Our Political Future on a Heating Planet appeared first on KPFA.

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