Another World Is Possible: How to Reignite Social and Political Imagination

In the face of Covid and climate change, a crisis of imagination threatens our societies. This book argues that we can use creative imagination to achieve a better future by visualizing where we want to go and how to get there. Geoff Mulgan provides lessons from the past and methods to open up thinking about the future and spark action.

Format: Hardback
Length: 352 pages
Publication date: 16 June 2022
Publisher: C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd

The world is facing a triple crisis: COVID-19, climate change, and a crisis of imagination. While we can easily envision ecological disasters or futures dominated by technology, we struggle to imagine a world where people thrive and where we improve our democracy, welfare, neighborhoods, or education. Many are resigned to fatalism, but they desperately want transformational social change.

This book argues that, while the threats are real, we can use creative imagination to achieve a better future. Visualizing where we want to go and how to get there is key. Political and social thinker Geoff Mulgan offers lessons we can learn from the past and methods we can use now to open up thinking about the future and spark action.

Drawing on social sciences, the arts, philosophy, and history, Mulgan shows how we can recharge our collective imagination. From Socrates to Star Wars, he provides a roadmap for the future.

The crisis of imagination is not just a problem for individuals, but for society as a whole. It is time to take action and use our creative minds to create a better future for all.

Weight: 570g
Dimension: 148 x 221 x 36 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781787386914