Radical Transformation - Hamilton Book Launch

All are welcome to attend the Hamilton launch of Radical Transformation:Oligarchy, Collapse, and the Crisis of Civilization by Kevin MacKay! The event is hosted by Rust City Brewery.

Doors will open at 7pm for a meet and greet with author Kevin MacKay. Light snacks will be served, and Rust City will have its usual assortment of excellent coffees, beer, wine, etc.

At 8pm Kevin will give a short talk outlining the book’s argument and main themes. Afterward there will be an open question period and discussion.

Books will be available for purchase at a special price of $25.

Radical Transformation is a story about industrial civilization’s impending collapse, and about the possibilities of averting this fate. Human communities first emerged as egalitarian, democratic groups that existed in symbiotic relationship with their environments. Increasing complexity led to the emergence of oligarchy, in which societies became captive to the logic of domination, exploitation, and ecological destruction. The challenge facing us today is to build a movement that will radically transform civilization and once more align our evolutionary trajectory in the direction of democracy, equality, and ecological sustainability.

“Kevin MacKay has written a wonderfully lucid yet thoroughly uncompromising account of our world’s crisis. Drawing on a vast knowledge of history, human evolution, philosophy, and modern complexity theory, he tells a story that recognizes the marvels of human civilization while revealing its dark tendency towards oligarchic structures of power and exploitation. He then shows us how we can respond to preserve the best while defeating the worst. Radical Transformation is a tour de force.” —Thomas Homer-Dixon, author of The Upside of Down: Catastrophe, Creativity and the Renewal of Civilization