Bookbot

Naomi Klein

    8 mei 1970

    Naomi Klein is een bekroond journalist en auteur van internationale bestsellers, wiens werk kritisch kijkt naar de macht van bedrijven, het mondiale kapitalisme en de klimaatcrisis. Haar schrijven kenmerkt zich door een scherpe analyse van de sociale en economische krachten die onze wereld vormgeven, en inspireert lezers tot een actieve houding en het zoeken naar alternatieve oplossingen. Klein combineert journalistieke nauwkeurigheid met een dringende oproep tot een rechtvaardigere en duurzamere toekomst. Haar werken zijn in tal van talen vertaald, resoneren over culturele en politieke grenzen heen en onderstrepen de urgentie en universaliteit van haar zorgen.

    Naomi Klein
    Doppelganger
    Take It Personally
    The Battle For Paradise : Puerto Rico Takes on the Disaster Capitalists
    The Shock Doctrine
    The Bedside Guardian 2015
    Brand! een vurig pleidooi voor een nieuwe groene politiek
    • Al meer dan dertig jaar weten we dat er een klimaatcrisis aan zit te komen, maar met die kennis hebben we weinig gedaan. Pas toen Greta Thunberg "Brand!' riep en 1,6 miljoen scholieren wereldwijd haar voorbeeld volgden, begon de urgentie van de situatie werkelijk door te dringen – en nog gaan de meesten van ons door met leven zoals we dat altijd al hebben gedaan. Naomi Klein schrijft al tien jaar over het klimaat. Tien jaar waarin de aarde onherstelbare schade heeft opgelopen en de politieke landkaart ingrijpend is veranderd. Te lang hebben we het economische systeem van ongelimiteerde consumptie en ecologische uitputting in stand gehouden. Voor Klein – en voor steeds meer mensen – is er maar één conclusie mogelijk: de economische, sociale en ecologische crises waar we ons in bevinden, houden sterk verband met elkaar. We moeten onze beschaving ingrijpend veranderen. Het is tijd voor een nieuwe groene politiek.

      Brand! een vurig pleidooi voor een nieuwe groene politiek
      4,3
    • The Bedside Guardian 2015

      • 300bladzijden
      • 11 uur lezen

      A showcase of the best journalism and photography of the previous year from the award-winning newspaper.

      The Bedside Guardian 2015
      4,5
    • In this groundbreaking alternative history of the most dominant ideology of our time, Milton Friedman's free-market economic revolution, Naomi Klein challenges the popular myth of this movement's peaceful global victory. From Chile in 1973 to Iraq today, Klein shows how Friedman and his followers have repeatedly harnessed terrible shocks and violence to implement their radical policies. As John Gray wrote in The Guardian, "There are very few books that really help us understand the present. The Shock Doctrine is one of those books."

      The Shock Doctrine
      4,3
    • We are in a fight for our lives. Hurricanes Irma and Mar?a unmasked the colonialism we face in Puerto Rico, and the inequality it fosters, creating a fierce humanitarian crisis. Now we must find a path forward to equality and sustainability, a path driven by communities, not investors. And this book explains, with careful and unbiased reporting, only the efforts of our community activists can answer the paramount question: What type of society do we want to become and who is Puerto Rico for? --Carmen Yul?n Cruz, Mayor of San JuanIn the rubble of Hurricane Maria, Puerto Ricans and ultrarich Puertopians are locked in a pitched struggle over how to remake the island. In this vital and startling investigation, bestselling author and activist Naomi Klein uncovers how the forces of shock politics and disaster capitalism seek to undermine the nation's radical, resilient vision for a just recovery.All royalties from the sale of this book in English and Spanish go directly to JunteGente,

      The Battle For Paradise : Puerto Rico Takes on the Disaster Capitalists
      4,3
    • Take It Personally

      How to Make Conscious Choices to Change the World

      • 256bladzijden
      • 9 uur lezen

      In this work, outspoken business leader Anita Roddick brings together the voices of some of the most prominent authorities on the phenomenon of Globalization, including Susan George, David Korten and Naomi Klein. Full of images, this book gets right to the heart of the issue, exploding the myths that would have us believe Globalization is a force for good. Covering aspects of the subject as diverse as human rights, the environment, international finance, health, the food we eat and trade, the book combines medium-length articles with quotes, case notes and interviews. This book constitutes a call to action, showing how each and every one of us can take on the corporate.

      Take It Personally
      4,0
    • What if you woke up one morning to discover you had a double—someone almost like you, yet fundamentally different? This doppelganger shares your concerns but promotes the very causes you oppose. Naomi Klein, a celebrated activist and public intellectual, faced this unsettling reality when she encountered a figure whose views she found abhorrent, yet whose name and persona led to confusion. This experience left her disoriented until she recognized it as part of a broader strangeness in our world: AI-generated text blurring communication, New Age wellness advocates becoming anti-vaxxers, and liberal democracies leaning toward absurdist authoritarianism amid rising oceans. Klein, a sharp social critic, turns her focus inward to explore our psychological landscapes while addressing the intersecting crises we face. With insights from Freud, Jordan Peele, and bell hooks, she employs humor and a keen sense of the absurd to confront the doubles that haunt us. Blending comic memoir with chilling reportage and insightful analysis, she seeks to shatter the mirror of our digital selves and explore whether we can overcome the pathologies of our culture. Can we foster a politics of collective care and reckon with historical injustices? The result is a profound exploration of contemporary thought and an intellectual adventure for our times.

      Doppelganger
      4,2
    • This Changes Everything

      • 350bladzijden
      • 13 uur lezen

      Forget everything you think you know about global warming. It's not about carbon - it's about capitalism. The good news is that we can seize this crisis to transform our failed economic system and build something radically better. In her most provocative book yet, Naomi Klein, author of the global bestsellers The Shock Doctrine and No Logo, exposes the myths that are clouding climate debate. You have been told the market will save us, when in fact the addiction to profit and growth is digging us in deeper every day. You have been told it's impossible to get off fossil fuels when in fact we know exactly how to do it - it just requires breaking every rule in the 'free-market' playbook. You have also been told that humanity is too greedy and selfish to rise to this challenge. In fact, all around the world, the fight back is already succeeding in ways both surprising and inspiring. It's about changing the world, before the world changes so drastically that no one is safe. Either we leap - or we sink. This Changes Everything is a book that will redefine our era.

      This Changes Everything
      4,2
    • No Is Not Enough

      • 240bladzijden
      • 9 uur lezen

      Donald Trump’s takeover of the White House is a dangerous escalation in a world of cascading crises. His reckless agenda—including a corporate coup in government, aggressive scapegoating and warmongering, and sweeping aside climate science to set off a fossil fuel frenzy—will generate waves of disasters and shocks to the economy, national security, and the environment. Acclaimed journalist, activist, and bestselling author Naomi Klein has spent two decades studying political shocks, climate change, and “brand bullies.” From this unique perspective, she argues that Trump is not an aberration but a logical extension of the worst, most dangerous trends of the past half-century—the very conditions that have unleashed a rising tide of white nationalism the world over. It is not enough, she tells us, to merely resist, to say “no.” Our historical moment demands more: a credible and inspiring “yes,” a roadmap to reclaiming the populist ground from those who would divide us—one that sets a bold course for winning the fair and caring world we want and need. This timely, urgent book from one of our most influential thinkers offers a bracing positive shock of its own, helping us understand just how we got here, and how we can, collectively, come together and heal.

      No Is Not Enough
      4,2
    • A Planet to Win

      Why We Need a Green New Deal

      • 208bladzijden
      • 8 uur lezen

      All politics are climate politics in the twenty-first century—and this bold book argues for a Green New Deal that confronts both climate change and inequality The age of climate gradualism is over, as unprecedented disasters are exacerbated by inequalities of race and class. We need profound, radical change. A Green New Deal can tackle the climate emergency and rampant inequality at the same time. Cutting carbon emissions while winning immediate gains for the many is the only way to build a movement strong enough to defeat big oil, big business, and the super-rich—starting right now. A Planet to Win explores the political potential and concrete first steps of a Green New Deal. It calls for dismantling the fossil fuel industry and building beautiful landscapes of renewable energy, guaranteeing climate-friendly work and no-carbon housing and free public transit. And it shows how a Green New Deal in the United States can strengthen climate justice movements worldwide. We don’t make politics under conditions of our own choosing, and no one would choose this crisis. But crises also present opportunities. We stand on the brink of disaster—but also at the cusp of wondrous, transformative change.

      A Planet to Win
      4,1
    • Remember when it all seemed to be getting better? Before Trump happened? Naomi Klein, internationally acclaimed journalist, activist and bestselling author, shows us how we got to this surreal and dangerous place, how to stop it getting a lot worse, and how, if we keep our heads, we can make things better. No Is Not Enough reveals, among other things, how Trump's election was not a peaceful transition, but a corporate takeover, one using deliberate shock tactics to generate wave after wave of crises and force through radical policies that will destroy people, the environment, the economy and national security. This book is the toolkit for shock resistance, showing all of us how we can break Trump's spell and win the world we need. Don't let them get away with it.

      No Is Not Enough: Defeating the New Shock Politics
      4,1