Utopia in the Anthropocene

Michael Harvey is a London-based organizational psychologist and leadership coach with extensive experience in personal and organizational change. A former literary academic and entrepreneur, he’s also a trained psychotherapist and author of Interactional Coaching (2012) and Interactional Leadership (2015).

• Introduction: The case for utopiaPart One: The burning platformChapter 1: The Anthropocene crisis: change mismanagedPart Two: The growthist world system Chapter 2: The goals and values behind our 'mad' world plan - and who’s behind it Chapter 3: What keeps the system going? The economics, business and politics of growthismChapter 4: The wealth fallacy: the psychology and culture of growthismChapter 5: The worst case scenario: dystopia in the AnthropocenePart Three: The change plan: 12 steps towards a people-planet utopia Chapter 6: Step 1. Define the utopian vision (the SEWP model) Chapter 7: Step 2. Set goals and clarify values Chapter 8: Step 3. Support an ecological revolution in economics Chapter 9: Step 4. Put wellbeing and community first Chapter 10: Step 5. Build a circular democracy (and champion the transvaluation of politics)Chapter 11: Step 6. Embrace utopian internationalism Chapter 12: Step 7. Help to grow post-growth enterprises Chapter 13: Step 8. Manage yourself to utopia (by democratizing leadership and other organizational practices) Chapter 14: Step 9. Put psychology to work on transforming our valuesChapter 15: Step 10. Learn from the utopian imaginationChapter 16: Step 11. Think and act like a utopianChapter 17: Step 12 Take heart from historyPart Four: ConclusionChapter 18: Make the choice: utopia versus Dystopia ReferencesIndex

"Michael Harvey’s Utopia in the Anthropocene is a work of deep insight and compelling topical relevance. The author draws upon an impressive array of disciplines, scientific and cultural, to analyse the political, economic and ecological crisis facing us today. There are no simple solutions to the crisis, but in this highly original and persuasively written book Harvey elaborates a series of “steps” towards a new Utopia, which build upon what we have achieved in the past and are capable of achieving in the future."- Martin Travers, Associate Professor and Senior Research Fellow, School of Humanities, Griffith University, Brisbane"Michael Harvey’s Utopia in the Anthropocene:A change plan for a sustainable and equitable world provides readers with a stark warning of a very real possible future. More importantly, it sets out an agenda for genuine and significant Utopian change that can be realised if we are courageous and determined enough to enact its principles. Taking a wide perspective spanning several major disciplines, it challenges and provokes in ways that not only "tell it as it is" but, far more importantly, set out how a positive alternative still remains possible."- Professor Ernesto Spinelli, BPS Chartered counselling psychologist and existential therapist