Suchergebnisse

Vivimos un momento dramático y de encrucijada histórica, en el que se superponen la emergencia climática, la devastación socioambiental, la crisis alimentaria y energética, un incremento de la militarización y el creciente deterioro en las condiciones de vida. A escala latinoamericana, miles de activistas, académicos y organizaciones han impulsado un Pacto Ecosocial e Intercultural del Sur, que ubica los llamados globales a la descarbonización en una agenda más amplia, buscando articular justicia redistributiva, de género, étnica y ambiental en la construcción de sociedades y economías posextractivistas. El presente texto tiene como propósito sumar las voces de varios integrantes que conformamos esta iniciativa y es resultado de la sistematización de encuentros, procesos de articulación y debates que, a lo largo de dos años, hemos sostenido junto a activistas, movimientos e intelectuales. Presentamos algunos de los elementos centrales para una disputa sustancial sobre las formas de hacer las transiciones socioecológicas en clave sistémica y civilizatoria con el objetivo de construir y materializar horizontes compartidos de justicia socioambiental e integral para las comunidades humanas y no humanas.

De la lucha contra la pobreza a la superación de la codicia / Carlos Larrea y Natalia Greene -- Claves para salir de las trampas del rentismo / Víctor Álvarez -- ¿Apostar al petróleo y a la minería o al turismo comunitario? / Diego Carrión -- Instituciones transformadoras para la economía global / Alberto Acosta, John Cajas

The planetary boundaries concept has profoundly changed the vocabulary and representation of global environmental issues. We bring a critical social science perspective to this framework through the notion of societal boundaries and aim to provide a more nuanced understanding of the social nature of thresholds. We start by highlighting the strengths and weaknesses of planetary boundaries from a social science perspective. We then focus on capitalist societies as a heuristic for discussing the expansionary dynamics, power relations, and lock-ins of modern societies that impel highly unsustainable societal relations with nature. While formulating societal boundaries implies a controversial process ‒ based on normative judgments, ethical concerns, and socio-political struggles ‒ it has the potential to offer guidelines for a just, social-ecological transformation. Collective autonomy and the politics of self-limitation are key elements of societal boundaries and are linked to important proposals and pluriverse experiences to integrate well-being and boundaries. The role of the state and propositions for radical alternative approaches to well-being have particular importance. We conclude with reflections on social freedom, defined as the right not to live at others' expense. Toward the aim of defining boundaries through transdisciplinary and democratic processes, we seek to open a dialogue on these issues.

The planetary boundaries concept has profoundly changed the vocabulary and representation of global environmental issues. We bring a critical social science perspective to this framework through the notion of societal boundaries and aim to provide a more nuanced understanding of the social nature of thresholds. We start by highlighting the strengths and weaknesses of planetary boundaries from a social science perspective. We then focus on capitalist societies as a heuristic for discussing the expansionary dynamics, power relations, and lock-ins of modern societies that impel highly unsustainable societal relations with nature. While formulating societal boundaries implies a controversial process ‒ based on normative judgments, ethical concerns, and socio-political struggles ‒ it has the potential to offer guidelines for a just, social-ecological transformation. Collective autonomy and the politics of self-limitation are key elements of societal boundaries and are linked to important proposals and pluriverse experiences to integrate well-being and boundaries. The role of the state and propositions for radical alternative approaches to well-being have particular importance. We conclude with reflections on social freedom, defined as the right not to live at others' expense. Toward the aim of defining boundaries through transdisciplinary and democratic processes, we seek to open a dialogue on these issues.