{"product_id":"9783658503192","title":"By Disaster or by Co-Design? Sustainability Transformation as Social and Cultural Challenge","description":"\u003ch1\u003eBy Disaster or by Co-Design?\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eSustainability Transformation as Social and Cultural Challenge\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eDavide Brocchi\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eSocial Science \/ Sociology \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;\"\u003eHow can we live together peacefully in all our diversity on a finite planet? This is one of the central questions of our century – and of this book. It reveals why today’s environmental crisis, economic instability, democratic erosion, and international conflicts are symptoms of the same development logic and have deep cultural roots. Border walls and defence strategies will not shield us from this growing disorder, since its key drivers lie within our own society.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;\"\u003eNeither artificial intelligence nor electric vehicles will save the world. This book proposes an expanded understanding of sustainability – closely linked with resilience and a good life that does not come at the expense of others. Sustainability requires cooperation over competition, a plural economy instead of a neoliberal monoculture, and bridges instead of walls. \u003ca name=\"_Hlk212643538\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003eSince neither the state nor the market can adequately address the major challenges of this century, a sustainability transformation requires a radical democratisation of democracy – starting locally, based on broad social movements and new alliances.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;\"\u003eEvery great transformation in human history has been preceded and accompanied by a cultural revolution. This book shows why the same holds true for the sustainability transformation – and why education, science, the arts, and the media play a central role in it.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;\"\u003eDavide Brocchi offers a fresh perspective and practical impulses for co-creating change rather than enduring it.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"colour\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Aptos; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; color: black; background: white; mso-ligatures: standardcontextual; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003eDavide Brocchi is an independent sociologist based in Cologne, Germany. His research – both theoretical and practical – centres on societal transformation, with a particular focus on social and cultural sustainability. Born in Italy in 1969, he studied at the Universities of Bologna and Düsseldorf, and earned his doctorate from the Institute for Cultural Policy at the University of Hildesheim.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e23 July 2026\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSpringer Fachmedien Wiesbaden\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSpringer VS\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9783658503192\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e690\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44698929365132,"sku":"9783658503192","price":58.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783658503192.jpg?v=1781087823","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9783658503192","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}