L'utopie ou la mort

by René Dumont

L'utopie ou la mortPlus de quarante ans après la parution de ce livre événement (1973), on peut mesurer à quel point le signal d'alarme et les analyses de René Dumont quant à la sauvegarde de la planète sont d'une redoutable pertinence. À partir de faits concrets (épuisement des ressources naturelles, pollution, gaspillage, insuffisance de la production alimentaire, surpopulation, etc.), il déconstruit le mythe de la " révolution verte " productiviste censée nourrir toute la planète.Face au risque d'un effondrement total de notre civilisation au cours du xxie siècle, il met au jour le lien entre la croissance exponentielle de la production pour satisfaire la société de consommation et la croissance de la misère perpétuelle dans les pays les plus démunis. Dumont propose alors de réhabiliter des utopies pour garantir l'avenir de notre planète grâce à une société de sobriété, à la préservation des ressources, à la justice sociale et à la redistribution équitable des richesses.René Dumont (1904-2001)Ingénieur agronome, il a publié une vingtaine d'ouvrages dont L'Afrique noire est mal partie (Seuil, 1962), L'Agronome de la faim (Laffont, 1974), Pour l'Afrique, j'accuse (Plon, " Terre humaine ", 1986).

Genres: Nonfiction

Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 1976

About the author

René Dumont was a French engineer in agronomy, a sociologist, and an environmental politician.

Reviews

[Voltenion · Rating 2 out of 5]

Many of the interesting facts and statistics used in this book are now outdated, leaving little to appreciate from a book that was always meant to be practical.
The criticisms to capitalism are still on point, but they are sporadic in between the course of actions called for by the author, actions which are either irrelevant or impossible to act upon today. Unfortunately, this leaves the book in a weird place where the philosophical/sociological critics of Capitalism are quality content, but the other 70% of the book is just mildly interesting filler. I'd recommend for anyone interested in the topic to read either more modern propositions to bringing about socialism, or to read philosophical criticisms of capitalism that aren't interrupted by filler.

Unless you are particularly interested in some good socialist policies that could (should) have happened in the 1970's, you should probably go read something else.

[Catarina · Rating 5 out of 5]

Obrigada meu Bernardo pela prenda <3 <3
"Ecologia é uma palavra simples. Quer dizer que o homem, como todas as espécies vivas, está incluído num meio que compreende a natureza, os outros homens, e que não pode permitir-se destruir esse meio sem se destruir a si próprio."

Revisitar o passado pode ser revisitar o presente. Esta obra é o exemplo disso. Apesar de alguns dados e factos já estarem desatualizados, as premissas e previsões construídas a partir dos mesmos continuam adequadas àquilo que enfrentamos nos dias que correm e continuam a servir de alerta para um futuro melhor.
" Sem a utopia, continuaremos a assistir à morte da democracia."

[Elsa · Rating 2 out of 5]

il parle de la chine toutes les deux pages sayer

[Chris Eve · Rating 5 out of 5]

Dumont had an interesting work pattern.