Slow Down: How Degrowth Communism Can Save the Earth
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A NEW YORKER BEST BOOK OF 2024
'ACCESSIBLE AND CONVINCING' - SALLY ROONEY
Capitalism by its very nature puts us at odds with the environment. Therefore, argues award-winning Japanese philosopher Kohei Saito, the future must belong to a new form of communism, the only fair and humane existence the limits of nature can support.
Drawing on a revelatory new reading of Karl Marx's enigmatic final writings, Saito shows us how nothing but a transformation of our economic life can save us from climate collapse. There is no alternative: the endless acceleration of capital has run out of road. If we can't slow down, we will crash.
Read MorePraise for Slow Down
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Marxist philosopher Kohei Saito calls us to reject the logic of economic growth and embrace a different kind of plenty - NEW YORKER
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Saito's book is not just for anyone interested in ecology or in the problems of today's global capitalism, it is simply indispensable for those of us who want to SURVIVE - in short, to all of us
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Kohei Saito is one of the most important scholars in the world. In SLOW DOWN, he delivers a Karl Marx for the climate crisis and a vision of communism for the 21st century. No work could be more vital today
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A powerful book from one of the most compelling young thinkers of our time
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That rare hybrid among ideological manifestos: It opens new insights into an existing ideology while uplifting something distinct of its own - SALON
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Saito's vision for the future is one in which people - less consumed by their endless pursuit of growth for growth's sake - have the leisure time to spend a workday pursuing new interests - NEW YORK TIMES
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A masterpiece
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In a stagnant world where it is difficult to formulate visions for the future, the liberation of imagination offered by SLOW DOWN . . . is a much-needed antidote - Asia Book Awards 2021
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