Less Is Not Enough
Minimalist Desires and Postgrowth Politics
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Product details:
- Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing (UK)
- Date of Publication 16 April 2026
- ISBN 9781350587793
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages304 pages
- Size 232x154x28 mm
- Weight 380 g
- Language 696
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Short description:
A fascinating look at the rise of minimalist self-help, showing how it depoliticizes middle-class frustrations with capitalist exploitation, and proposes a cultural strategy to channel minimalist desires into a more radical, postgrowth politics.
MoreLong description:
Less Is Not Enough examines the rise of minimalist self-help, showing how it depoliticizes middle-class frustrations with capitalist exploitation, and proposes a cultural strategy to channel minimalist desires into a more radical, postgrowth politics.
In the past decade minimalist self-help has exploded, from tidying guides to media detoxes which promise to help affluent middle classes navigate a world of excess-too much clutter, stress, and distraction.
Here, Miriam Meissner exposes the limits of minimalism in addressing both middle-class overload and the environmental crisis. Through a critical analysis of self-help books, TV shows, and online communities, she argues that while minimalism is well-intended, it ultimately distracts from the root causes of the very problems it seeks to alleviate. Trends like decluttering and mindfulness depoliticize middle-class frustrations with the capitalist exploitation of labour, attention, and ecology for profit.
In an era where climate justice and class struggle are inseparable, this book proposes an eco-political strategy that refuses to pit middle-class interests against the demands of a just green transition.
Table of Contents:
Preface: Postgrowth Against Postfascism?
Introduction: Too Much and Too Little-The Unease of the Affluent
1. Desire for Less: Minimalist Choices Beyond Consumer Democracy
2. Desire for Resonance: Minimalist Performance Beyond Tidying
5. Desire for Experience: Minimalist Attention Beyond Self-Focus
4. Desire for Idleness: Minimalist Withdrawal Beyond Productivism
5. Desire for Liberation: Minimalist Well-Being Beyond Privilege
Conclusion: Who Will Organise the Liberation?
Index
