Slow Down: The Deceleration Manifesto

by Kohei Saito, translated by Brian Bergstrom


Table of Contents


Introduction: SDGs are the Opiate of the Masses!

Chapter One
 
Climate Change and the Imperial Mode of Living
 
Chapter Two
 
The Limits of Green Keynesianism

Chapter Three
 
Shooting for Degrowth within a Capitalist System

Chapter Four
Marx in the Anthropocene
Chapter Five
 
The Escapism Known as Accelerationism

Chapter Six
 
Capitalism’s Scarcity, Communism’s Abundance

Chapter Seven
 
Degrowth Communism Will Save the World

Chapter Eight
 
The Lever of Climate Justice

Conclusion: How to Prevent History’s End

"In SLOW DOWN, Kohei Saito delivers a bold and urgent call for a return to Marxism in order to stop climate change. Here he argues that by returning to a system of social ownership, we can restore abundance and focus on those activities that are essential for human life, effectively reversing climate change and saving the planet"--