The Good Life Beyond Growth

'The book offers a distinct approach to the issue of growth, in which it may contribute to a significant transformation of the debate on (de)growth. In so doing, perhaps, it may then aid in the task of reshaping the political categories of modern liberalism itself.' Oscar Kruger, Environmental Values This book will inspire a much needed international debate on redefining well-being and re-thinking the economy. Andreas Novy, head of the Institute of Multi-Level Governance and Development, Vienna University of Economics and Business, Italy

Hartmut Rosa is Professor of Sociology at the University of Jena, Co-director of the Kolleg Postwachstumsgesellschaften in Jena (with Klaus Drre) and Director of the Max Weber Centre for Advanced Cultural and Social Studies at the University of Erfurt. Christoph Henning is Junior Fellow for Philosophy at the Max-Weber-Kolleg for advanced Cultural and Social Studies, University of Erfurt, Germany.

List of Figures and Tables List of Contributors Introduction Hartmut Rosa & Christoph Henning I Foundations: Alternative Conceptions of the Good Life 1 The Misadventures of the Good Life between Modernity and Degrowth: From Happiness to Buen Vivir Serge Latouche 2 Buen Vivir: A Proposal with Global Potential Alberto Acosta 3 Available, Accessible, Attainable. The Mindset of Growth and the Resonance Conception of the Good Life Hartmut Rosa 4 Resonance and the Romantic era: A Comment on Rosas Conception of the Good life Charles Taylor II Beyond the Growth Paradigm: Alternative Conceptions of the Economic 5 A Philosophy of Ecological Economics Manfred-Max Neef 6 Productivity, Property, and Violence: A Critique of liberal justifications of Growth Christoph Henning 7 Growth regimes and visions of the good life: Why capitalism will not deliver Dennis Eversberg 8 Political Economic Conditions of a Good Life beyond Growth Andrew Sayer III The Good Society: Alternative Conceptions of Social Justice and Wellbeing 9 The Common Good as a Principle of Social Justice Michael J. Thompson 10 Bread and Roses. Good work from a Union Perspective Nicole Mayer-Ahuja 11 Income Distribution for a Sane Society Philippe Van Parijs & Yannik Vanderborght 12 How not to argue against Growth: Happiness, Austerity and Inequality John O'Neill IV Subjects beyond Growth: Changing Practices 13 Happiness, the Common Good, and Volunteer Work Bettina Hollstein 14 Is Love still a Part of the Good Life? Eva Illouz 15 Empowering Ourselves in the Transformation to a Good Life beyond Growth Felix Rauschmayer 16 Subjective Limits to Growth and the Limits to a Life-Style Oriented Critique of Growth Stefanie Graefe V One World without Growth: Alternative Conceptions of the Political 17 The Good life of Nations: A Global Perspective Martin Fritz & Max Koch 18 Cultures of Wellbeing in the South: Lessons to learn Sarah White 19 Europe, Capitalist Landnahme and the Economic-Ecological Double Crisis: Prospects for a Non-Capitalist Post-Growth Society Klaus Doerre 20 Toward radical Alternatives to Development Ashish Kothari Index