Less Is Not Enough

""This pioneering exploration of minimalist practices and their possible future political role provides a much needed addition to current literature on sustainable consumption and the promotion of a less-growth driven consumption. Writers, like Meissner, who are willing to go beyond deploring the environmental consequences of affluent living in order to focus on the possible agents of improvement and social transformation, are few and far between. When they produce a book as good as this, they deserve to be read."" * Katherine Soper, London Metropolitan University, UK * ""Meissner's original perspective on minimalism encourages us to think critically and deeply about the emancipatory potentials of ""less"" as defined by popular culture. This book has potential to provoke critical re-evaluation of what it means to reduce consumption, and how this can be done. It is important reading for those engaged in degrowth or eco-politics and curious about the potentials of cultures beyond Capitalism. Meissner teaches us to think critically about cultural narratives and practices, and introduces new thinking and theorisation relevant across multiple fields."" * Sofia Greaves, PROSPERA, Spain * ""This is a profound and timely study of our present age of excess. Miriam Meissner does much more than expose the limitations and contradictions of minimalist living. She charts a path towards just futures free from addiction to affluence."" * Christoph Lindner, Royal College of Art, UK *