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Decarbonisation is the reduction of carbon dioxide emissions using low carbon power sources, lowering output of greenhouse gasses into the atmosphere. This is essential to meet global temperature standards set by international climate agreements. To limit global warming to 1.5°C, hence avoiding the worst-case scenarios predicted by climate science, the world economy must rapidly reduce its emissions and reach climate neutrality within the next...

This book provides a rigorous and accessible portrayal of the macroeconomics of decarbonisation. The book is written in the form of a textbook so to be accessible to a wide readership. It adopts a simple language, avoiding jargon. Each chapter includes a set of key takeaways"--

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A comprehensive study of the social and political thought of Thomas Paine, one of the most important political writers of the modern era and author of "The Rights of Man". This study concentrates on that political tract, and places it in the context of his earlier writings and evolving thoughts.

John Stuart Mill (1806-73) is widely regarded as the leading liberal philosopher, economist, and political theorist of nineteenth century Britain. This book offers a brief survey of his life and ideas, highlighting the philosophical context for his work, exploring the key themes in his writings, and analysing their lasting influence.

How the utopian tradition offers answers to todayâEUR(TM)s environmental crisesIn the face of EarthâEUR(TM)s environmental breakdown, it is clear that technological innovation alone wonâEUR(TM)t save our planet. A more radical approach is required, one that involves profound changes in individual and collective behavior. Utopianism for a Dying Planet examines the ways the expansive history of utopian thought, from its origins in ancient Sparta...

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Die Suche nach einer besseren Welt ist so alt wie die Menschheit. Dieser außergewöhnliche Band lädt ein zur Entdeckung der wichtigsten Utopien von der Antike bis in die Neuzeit. In einzigartiger Breite wird so die Geschichte dieser >idealen Welten< in Literatur und Religion, Architektur und Kunst aller Kulturkreise beleuchtet.

A worldwide survey on the idea of utopia, from classical mythology to contemporary science fiction.

An accessible introduction to the key trends in nineteenth-century thought within philosophy, history, political thought, economics, religion and the social sciences, as well as feminism and imperialism. This Companion will appeal to scholars and advanced students of these disciplines.

Leading historians introduce the most influential trends in thought which originated or developed in the nineteenth century.

The Encyclopedia of Nineteenth-Century Thought provides essential information on, and a critical interpretation of, nineteenth-century thought and nineteenth-century thinkers.

The first monograph devoted to the concept of dystopia: redefining the central concepts and chronology of the genre, and offering a theoretical overview and prehistory of the concept, an account of twentieth-century totalitarian regimes as dystopias, and a brief history of the literary dystopia from the early nineteenth century to the present.

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Gregory Claeys is Professor of History at Royal Holloway, University of London, and a leading historian of socialism and utopianism. He is the author of several books, including Searching for Utopia, which has been acclaimed as 'magnificent' by the Times Higher Education.

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