Convivial Futures

What steps are needed to make life better and more convivial? The Second Convivialist Manifesto (2020) has presented a short diagnosis of the current crises and sketches of a possible and desirable future. It has been a necessary work of theoretical synthesis, but preserving a viable world also requires passion. It is thus urgent to show what people would gain from a shift to a post-neoliberal and post-growth convivialist future. This volume includes a theoretical debate on convivialism which reflects dystopias and shows the multiple and major obstacles that convivialism will have to face. Mainly, however, the contributors to this volume create sketches of a convivial future and collect accounts of another future world which is attractive for as many as possible.

Frank Adloff, born in 1969, is a professor of sociology at Universität Hamburg and the co-director of the Humanities Centre for Advanced Studies »Futures of Sustainability«. His research focuses on social theory, social-ecological transformations, conviviality, and civil society. Alain Caillé, born in 1944, holds a doctorate in economics and is professor emeritus of sociology at the Université Paris Ouest-Nanterre La Défense. He has directed the journal La Revue du MAUSS (Mouvement anti-utilitariste en science sociale) since its foundation in 1981 and is a central player in the convivialist movement.