Alf Hornborg is an anthropologist and Professor Emeritus of Human Ecology at Lund University, Sweden. His research focuses on theorizing the cultural and political dimensions of human-environmental relations in different societies in space and time. His books include The Power of the Machine (2001), Global Ecology and Unequal Exchange (2011), Global Magic (2016), and Nature, Society, and Justice in the Anthropocene (2019).
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Redesigning Utopia: Why Free Money for Everyone Would Not Solve the Polycrisis
In the interests of both local and global sustainability, we need to redesign the economy by recognising two separate spheres of exchange, representing two different kinds of values.
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World on the Brink: Will History Bring Us Full Circle?
Each New Year prompts us to think about hope. As we enter 2026, how might we think about our prospects for hope?
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Resources for a better Future: Renewable energy
A better way to define technology is to acknowledge that it is a global social phenomenon and a moral and political question rather than simply one of engineering.
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A Globalised Solar-Powered Future is Wholly Unrealistic – and our Economy is the Reason Why
The current blind faith in technology will not save us. For the planet to stand any chance, the global economy must be redesigned. The problem is more fundamental than capitalism or the emphasis on growth: it is money itself, and how money is related to technology.
September 13, 2019
