1st Edition
Marxism in the Age of Ecological Catastrophe Theory and Praxis
Marxism in the Age of Ecological Catastrophe offers a stimulating discussion on the ecological unfeasibility of capitalist society.
Divided into three parts, Eduardo Sá Barreto begins by providing a reconstruction of Marx’s theory of value and articulating it into a ecological critique of this society. Part Two surveys key debates between some of today's most representative Marxist ecologists. Part Three explores political approaches, tactical and strategic issues to see whether they align with the gravity of the challenges facing humanity or not.
Located at the intersection of the natural and social sciences, Marxism in the Age of Ecological Catastrophe will be of interest to scholars of political science, economics, ecology, climatology, demography, geography, and sociology.
Foreword. Preface. 1. Introduction Part 1: An Ecological Critique of Capitalism 2. Metabolism and the Metabolic Rift 3. The Insatiable Drive for Growth of Capital 4. Technology and the Myth of Dematerialization 5. Environmental Ethics and the Question of the Objectivity of Value 6. Consumption and the Myth of Individual Moderation 7. Market Mechanisms (To Solve Market Maladies) Part 2: Debates in Marxist Ecology 8. On the Division of Ecosocialist Thought into Stages 9. Capitalocene and World-Ecology: A Theoretical Alternative to the Anthropocene and Metabolism? 10. A Supposedly Anti-Ecological and Productivist Marx Part 3: Tactical and Strategic Issues 11. A Crisis to Subordinate All Others: An Overview of Climate Collapse 12. Geological Voluntarism in Ecosocialist Thought 13. Green New Deal and the Enticing Legislative Route 14. An Ecosocialist Critique of Developmentalism and the Energy Transition 15. The Case for a Leninist Ecology 16. Revolutionary Politics in the Face of the Ecological Crisis 17. Epilogue: Senile Capitalism in Pandemic Crisis
Biography
Eduardo Sá Barreto is an associate professor of economics at the Federal Fluminense University (UFF), Brazil and a researcher at the Interdisciplinary Center for Studies and Research on Marx and Marxism (NIEP-Marx).
