Hans A. Baer is a critical anthropologist and a Principal Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Melbourne. He has published 20 books, including four related to climate change.

“This book has great potential to be useful as a guide to thinking about the global climate crisis and the politics necessary to overcome the problems.” · Jon Marshall, University of Technology Sydney“A very relevant, interesting, and useful book.” · Ariel Salleh, University of Sydney

• List of IllustrationsAcknowledgementsIntroductionChapter 1. The Contradictions of the Capitalist World System at the Beginning of the Twentieth-First CenturyChapter 2. Twentieth-Century Attempts to Create Socialism: Successes and FailuresChapter 3. Technoliberal and Countercultural Visions of the FutureChapter 4. Efforts to Reconceptualize SocialismChapter 5. The Role of Anti-systemic Movements in Creating a Socio-ecological RevolutionChapter 6. Transitional System-Challenging ReformsConclusion: The Future in the BalanceReferencesIndex

Hans A. Baer is a critical anthropologist and a Principal Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Melbourne. He has published 20 books, including four related to climate change.

“This book has great potential to be useful as a guide to thinking about the global climate crisis and the politics necessary to overcome the problems.” · Jon Marshall, University of Technology Sydney“A very relevant, interesting, and useful book.” · Ariel Salleh, University of Sydney

• List of IllustrationsAcknowledgementsIntroductionChapter 1. The Contradictions of the Capitalist World System at the Beginning of the Twentieth-First CenturyChapter 2. Twentieth-Century Attempts to Create Socialism: Successes and FailuresChapter 3. Technoliberal and Countercultural Visions of the FutureChapter 4. Efforts to Reconceptualize SocialismChapter 5. The Role of Anti-systemic Movements in Creating a Socio-ecological RevolutionChapter 6. Transitional System-Challenging ReformsConclusion: The Future in the BalanceReferencesIndex