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By Disaster or by Co-Design?

Predpokladaný dátum vydania: 7.4.2026

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O knihe

Every major transformation in human history has been triggered and accompanied by a cultural revolution. This publication shows why this also applies to the transformation towards sustainability. The focus is not only on values, images of people and nature, but also on the social responsibility of education, science, art and the media. For the second edition, the content has been revised and updated, theses sharpened and new studies included.We are currently caught between two major social transformations: The first is the capitalist-industrial one, which began five centuries ago, still dominates today and is oriented towards the cultural programme of modernisation. It has led society into a polycrisis, threatening a collapse of civilisation. The second transformation is that towards sustainability, which is orientated towards "visions of a different development" beyond growth and mass consumption. These two transformations displace each other in some places and intermingle in others. On the one hand, it is the weaker transformation that is often assimilated. For example, "ecological modernisation" and "sustainable growth" are currently being theorised, although such approaches are contradictions in themselves. On the other hand, the social and ecological environment is a political subject that is increasingly involved in dynamics and debates. On the one hand, it is the weaker transformation that is often assimilated. For example, "ecological modernisation" and "sustainable growth" are currently being theorised, although such approaches are contradictions in themselves. On the other hand, the social and ecological environment is a political subject that is increasingly involved in dynamics and debates. Either way, the areas of friction between the two transformations will determine how the transformation towards sustainability will ultimately prevail: by disaster or by design.

The Author
Davide Brocchi, Dr phil., is a sociologist and lives in Cologne. He researches social transformation in theory and practice, focussing on social and cultural sustainability. He studied in Bologna and Düsseldorf and completed his doctorate at the Institute for Cultural Policy at the University of Hildesheim.