Break Through
From the Death of Environmentalism to the Politics of Possibility

This is pretty subversive, extreme left, high order political thought in a very good and measured way. I see the basic premise of this book being very constructively humanist. I like that. I like people who are advocates for a cause because they care about people and not because they are angry at so......more

This is perhaps the most brilliant book I read all year. If you have felt that current politics are disconnected from your here-and-now concerns, this book will help you to imagine how they can be not only immediately relevant, but inspiring, unifying, and mobilizing. It offers a perceptive analysis......more

I found myself in the position of mostly agreeing with this book while being really annoyed with it at the same time. I think their message has merit and their plans for how to get off our asses on Global Warming are right on. Unfortunately they spend almost no time in the book outlining the plan. In......more

Break Through is the book-length expansion of Nordhaus and Shellenberger's "The Death of Environmentalism" essay and a 270 page fulmination against the political paradigm of post-materialist environmentalists and liberals alike. Environmentalists, in their view, have been ineffective in summoning th......more

While sometimes reading books about super-philosphical topics like the purported "Death of Environmentalism" is painful and obnoxious, reading this book won't make you suffer at the mercy of too many large words but rather at the mercy of well-thought out arguments against the status quo. If you loo......more