Marx's Ecology: Materialism and Nature
In: Capitalism, nature, socialism: CNS ; a journal of socialist ecology, Band 12, Heft 1, S. 158-161
ISSN: 1045-5752
'Marx's Ecology: Materialism and Nature' by John Bellamy Foster is reviewed.
In: Capitalism, nature, socialism: CNS ; a journal of socialist ecology, Band 12, Heft 1, S. 158-161
ISSN: 1045-5752
'Marx's Ecology: Materialism and Nature' by John Bellamy Foster is reviewed.
The author examines the writing of Marx and others, and "by reconstructing a materialist conception of nature and society, Marx's ecology challenges the spiritualism prevalent in the modern Green movement, pointing toward a method that offers more lasting and sustainable solutions to the ecological crisis."--Cover
In: Journal of political ideologies, Band 5, Heft 2, S. 247-268
ISSN: 1356-9317
"Nature" is a core principle in ecological political thought, & if political ecology has contributed anything new to the discipline of political theory, then part of what that consists in is the placing of the "human-nature relationship" at the center of theoretical concern. This notwithstanding, ecological political thought, & its analysis, has tended to focus upon the "ecocentric-anthropocentric divide" & the normative question on "values in nature" to the extent that conceptual differences about the "nature of nature" in ecological thought have been somewhat neglected. Here, I explore differing decontestations of nature in deep ecology & social ecology & assess their import for the different normative arguments each of these ecovariant ideologies makes for human action in the natural world. I show that these different decontestations of nature are crucial to this normative argument, & this has important implications for the study of ecological political thought. Adapted from the source document.
In: Capitalism, nature, socialism: CNS ; a journal of socialist ecology, Band 9, Heft 1, S. 152-154
ISSN: 1045-5752
Part one. Beyond Marx and Darwin -- Ecological materialism -- The art of labor -- The movement toward socialism -- An earthly paradise -- Part two. Engel's ecology -- Environmental conditions of the working class -- The dialectics of nature -- The ecology of human labor and social reproduction -- Part three. Toward a critical human ecology -- Ecology as a system -- The return of Engels -- Dialectics of art and science -- A science for the people.
In: Routledge Revivals
Progress requires the conquest of nature. Or does it? This startling new account overturns conventional interpretations of Marx and in the process outlines a more rational approach to the current environmental crisis. Marx, it is often assumed, cared only about industrial growth and the development of economic forces. John Bellamy Foster examines Marx's neglected writings on capitalist agriculture and soil ecology, philosophical naturalism, and evolutionary theory. He shows that Marx, known as a powerful critic of capitalist society, was also deeply concerned with the changing human relationsh
In: Journal of political ideologies, Band 5, Heft 2, S. 247-268
ISSN: 1469-9613
In: Monthly review: an independent socialist magazine, Band 56, Heft 6, S. 1-12
ISSN: 0027-0520
Presents the text of a telephone interview conducted Jan 2004 in which Foster contemplates reasons for the failure of global environmental reform. It is argued that the optimism generated by the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Genero, Brazil, was misplaced, as environmental groups had largely failed to consider the vast powers of the capitalist economic system & its role in environmental degradation. The expansion of neoliberal trade & patterns of investment decision making by organizations such as the World Trade Organization, International Monetary Fund, & the World Bank demonstrate that their primary interest is economic growth, no matter what the social or environmental costs. Ways that environmental groups must reframe their message & devise new strategies to combat these environmentally harmful forces are suggested & directions toward the development of "ecological morality" are outlined. K. Hyatt Stewart
In: Socialism and democracy: the bulletin of the Research Group on Socialism and Democracy, Band 14, Heft 2, S. 149-151
ISSN: 0885-4300
In: Monthly Review, S. 1-16
ISSN: 0027-0520
In an interview with Alejandro Pedregal, John Bellamy Foster tells us about the paths great ecosocialist thinkers traveled, the most prominent debates in current Marxist ecological thought, and the urgent need for a project that transcends the conditions that threaten the existence of our planet today.
In: Capitalism, nature, socialism: CNS ; a journal of socialist ecology, Band 10, Heft 3, S. 89-104
ISSN: 1045-5752
In: Capitalism, nature, socialism: CNS ; a journal of socialist ecology, Band 9, Heft 1, S. 131-144
ISSN: 1045-5752