Superyachts
Luxury, Tranquility and Ecocide
$24.99
- Paperback
140 pages
- Release Date
4 May 2024
Summary
A superyacht is a boat that exceeds 30 metres in length, with some surpassing even 100 metres—more than a football field. At the beginning of the twenty-first century, there were about 2,000 of these vessels in the world; two decades and a financial crisis later, there are three times as many.
Grégory Salle argues that these are not whimsical fads: on the contrary, luxury yachting highlights the social exclusivity of the wealthiest and the environmental waste they emit. Rather than be…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781509559954 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1509559957 |
| Author: | Gregory Salle, Helen Morrison |
| Publisher: | Polity Press |
| Imprint: | Polity Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 140 |
| Release Date: | 4 May 2024 |
| Weight: | 204g |
| Dimensions: | 15mm x 137mm x 213mm |
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Critics Review
“Thoroughly researched and surprisingly entertaining”
The Guardian
“Synecdoche is when a part stands in for the whole, and no part better represents the rise of a reckless, self-indulgent and damaging global plutocracy than superyachts. Once a rarity, there are now more than 5,000 of these monstrous floating mega-mansions, busy destroying marine ecosystems, undermining local, national and international law, and massively avoiding taxes. Grégory Salle paints a vivid picture of how these superyachts – costing hundreds of millions to build and many millions every year to operate – are a concrete expression of the grotesqueries of our current social disorder.”
Naomi Oreskes, Harvard University
“Superyachts offers a deep dive into the world of the wealthiest. It is also a great case study for green criminology. In this breathtaking – and often humorous – book, Grégory Salle shows how capitalism is definitely destroying the planet.”
Gwenola Ricordeau, California State University
Gregory Salle
Grégory Salle is a researcher at the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS).
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