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Degrowth: An Experience of Being Finite
158 pages, Paperback
Published May 6, 2024
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April 25, 2026
Really great read!
Very clear and digestible for an academic book. While it does use lots of technical language, all jargon is clearly defined, and key points are constantly rephrased and clarified.
Great summary and synthesis of the major philosophies identified behind degrowth discourse.
Chapter 6 (temporal framings around how we ‘distance ourselves from the core of nature’) felt shaky and incomplete — but the preceding chapters (about Nietzschean will-to-power / will-to-transform and Heidigerrean releasement) were pretty airtight and very neatly structured.
Pleasantly realistic and open-minded tone! While exploring some pretty removed philosophical themes, it always re-centred on practical routes to degrowth and being.
Did not feel absolutist or die hard committed to any particular abstract theory.
Very clear and digestible for an academic book. While it does use lots of technical language, all jargon is clearly defined, and key points are constantly rephrased and clarified.
Great summary and synthesis of the major philosophies identified behind degrowth discourse.
Chapter 6 (temporal framings around how we ‘distance ourselves from the core of nature’) felt shaky and incomplete — but the preceding chapters (about Nietzschean will-to-power / will-to-transform and Heidigerrean releasement) were pretty airtight and very neatly structured.
Pleasantly realistic and open-minded tone! While exploring some pretty removed philosophical themes, it always re-centred on practical routes to degrowth and being.
Did not feel absolutist or die hard committed to any particular abstract theory.
June 9, 2025
Ok- Lots of thoughts and questions
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