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The ecological revolution

making peace with the planet

John Bellamy Foster

Buch

englisch

Foster, John Bellamy (Verfasser/-in) DNB

Monthly Review Press

New York, NY

2009

328 p.

978-1-58367-179-5

Includes bibliographical references (p. [279]-318) and index.

Marx, Karl 1818-1883
ecology
revolution
human ecology
environmentalism

Summary:


Editor of the Monthly Review, Foster (sociology, U. of Oregon) argues that all hope for the future in human relation to the earth is either revolutionary or false. He demonstrates that the root causes of the environmental crisis lie in the capitalist mode of production, so that environmental devastation is merely a symptom of the larger economic crisis. His topics include Rachel Carson's ecological critique, peak oil and energy imperialism, the Pentagon and climate change, Marx's ecology in historical perspective, the nature of the contradiction between capitalism and ecology, envisioning ecological revolution, and ecology and the transition from capitalism to socialism. Annotation ©2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Contents:
Introduction. The Ecological Revolution -- Pt. 1. The Planetary Crisis -- 1. The Ecology of Destruction -- 2. Ecology: The Moment of Truth -- 3. Rachel Carson's Ecological Critique -- 4. Peak Oil and Energy Imperialism -- 5. The Pentagon and Climate Change -- 6. The Jevons Paradox: Environment and Technology under Capitalism -- 7. A Planetary Defeat: The Failure of Global Environmental Reform -- Pt. 2. Marx's Ecology -- 8. Marx's Ecology in Historical Perspective -- 9. Marx's Theory of Metabolic Rift: Classical Foundations for Environmental Sociology -- 10. Capitalism and Ecology:The Nature of the Contradiction -- 11. The Communist Manifesto and the Environment -- 12. Ecological Imperialism: The Curse of Capitalism -- Pt. 3. Ecology and Revolution -- 13. Envisioning Ecological Revolution -- 14. Ecology and the Transition from Capitalism to Socialism.

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