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1 online resource (xv, 590 pages). |
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Studies in moral philosophy ; volume 12
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Studies in moral philosophy (Leiden, Netherlands) ; v. 12.
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Machine generated contents note: On the Ecological-Marxian Analysis of the Ecological Crisis -- pt. 1 John Bellamy Foster's Research on the Ecological Crisis -- 1. Theoretical Basis of Ecological Civilization -- Constructing a Marxist Theory of Ecology -- Ecological Theory in Marx's Work -- Essence of Marx's Philosophical Materialism -- Insights from Marx's Ecological Theory -- 2. Ecological Implications of Marx's Materialist View of Nature -- Marx's Materialist Conception of Nature in his Doctoral Thesis -- Marx's Materialist Conception of Nature in his Relationship with Feuerbach -- Marx's Materialism as a Foundation for his Views on Ecology -- 3. Ecological Implications of Marx's Materialist Conception of History -- Ecological Theory in Marx's Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts, 1844 -- Ecological Theory of The Communist Manifesto -- 4. Ecological Implications of Marx's Theory of "Metabolism" -- Theory of "Metabolism" in Capital -- "Metabolic Rift" in Capital -- On the Cause of the "Metabolic Rift" -- 5. Revelation of Marx's Ecological Theory: Antagonism between Capital and Ecology -- Marx's View of the Opposition between Capital and Ecology -- Conflict between Capital and Ecology in Today's World -- 6. Bush Administration and the Kyoto Protocol -- Bush Administration's Attitude Towards the Kyoto Protocol -- U.S. Government's Attitude Toward the Other "Earth Summits" -- Obliging the Third World to "Swallow Pollution" -- 7. Giving up Illusions in Order to Overcome the Ecological Crisis -- Can Environmental Problems be Solved through the "Dematerialization" of the Capitalist Economy? -- Can Environmental Problems be Solved through the Development of Science and Technology? -- Can Environmental Problems be Solved through a Capitalistic Market Approach to Nature? -- Can Environmental Problems be Solved through Moral Reform and Establishing Ecological Ethics? -- 8. Fight against the Ecological Crisis -- Beyond the Bottom Line of a Money-Driven Economy -- Putting People First -- Constructing Humanity's Relationship to Nature Based on "Freedom in General" -- Having Enough, not Having More -- Putting Land Ethics into Practice -- Environmental Revolution Necessitates Social Revolution -- pt. 2 Research from Other Ecological Marxists -- 9. James O'Connor The Intrinsic Relationship between Marxism and Ecology -- Marx's View on "History and Nature" -- Marx's view on "Capital and Nature" -- Marx's View on "Socialism and Nature" -- 10. David Pepper: Why Marx's Ecological Theory Is Needed Now More Than Ever -- Marxism Contains Enough Elements for an Ecological Theory -- Solution to Environmental Problems in Marxism -- Ecological Contradictions: Inherent Contradictions of Capitalist Societies in Marxism -- Capitalism: "Inherently Environmentally Unfriendly" in Marxism -- Cause of Overpopulation, Famine and "Natural Shortages" in Marxism -- Overcoming Alienation from Nature and "Asserting its Humanness" in Marxism -- Rationally Regulating Humanity's Relationship to Nature in Marxism -- 11. Paul Burkett: The Inherent Relationship between Natural, Social and Environmental Crises in Marxism -- Four Necessary Conditions of Social Ecology -- Nature and Historical Materialism -- Analysis of Ecological Value and the Theory of Capitalism -- Perspectives on the Ecological Implications of Communism -- 12. Andre Gorz: Surpassing Economic Logic as the Key to Constructing an Ecological Civilization -- Capitalistic Division of Labor as the Root of all Alienation -- Capitalism's Profit Motive as the Cause of Ecological Destruction -- Beyond Economic Logic, the Implementation of Ecological Logic -- Advanced Socialism as the Key to Protecting the Environment -- 13. Ben Agger: The Ecological Dilemma has Shattered People's Faith in Capitalism -- Re-examining the Theory of the Crisis of Capitalism -- Toward an Ecological Marxism -- Transforming Capitalism through Decentralization and Debureaucratization -- Combining American Populism with Ecological Marxism -- 14. William Leiss: A Marxist Approach to Green Theory -- Logical Connection between Controlling Nature and Controlling People -- Human Satisfaction Ultimately Lies in Production, Not in Consumption -- 15. Herbert Marcuse: The Marxist Path to Ecological Revolution -- Marx's Theory of the Liberation of Nature in the Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844 -- Analysis of Ecology in Today's World -- Marcuse's Theory of the Liberation of Nature and the "Club of Rome" -- pt. 3 Implications of Ecological Marxism -- 16. Marxism and the Construction of an Ecological Civilization -- Ecological Vision in Marx's Works -- Practical Significance of Marx's Ecological Worldview -- 17. Inspiration of Ecological Marxism for Constructing an Ecologically Friendly Civilization -- From Humanity's Conflict with Nature to Conflicts between Human Beings -- Advantages of Constructing an Ecological Civilization in a Socialist Society -- Constructing Ecological Civilization and Creating Humanity's New Way of Being -- Making the Construction of Ecological Civilization into a Great Revolution of Thought -- 18. Ecological Marxism's Opposition to Postmodernism -- "Green Politics" as a Form of Post-modern Politics -- Should Modernization be Abandoned or Reformed? -- Eco-centrism or Anthropocentrism? -- Can Rationality Correct the Biases of Rationalism? -- Proper Way to Regard the Functions of Science and Technology -- Humankind's Search for Meaning -- Theoretical and Practical Relevance of Ecological Marxism Compared to Postmodernism -- 19. Western Marxism's Rejection of Postmodernism -- Confrontation between Ecological Marxism and Postmodernism -- Inheritance of Habermas' Reflections on Modernity -- Inheritance of the Frankfurt School's Critique of Society -- Inheritance of the Pioneers of Western Marxism -- Reflection on the Positive Significance of Marxism Itself -- 20. Personal Fulfillment through Production Rather than Consumption -- An Essential Thesis of Ecological Marxism -- Focusing on Production Rather than Consumption -- New Concepts for an Overhaul of Current Consumption Patterns -- Seeking Satisfaction in Productive Activity -- Implications of the Thesis of Fulfillment through Productive Activity -- 21. Ecological Marxism's New Reflection on Contemporary Capitalism -- Cause of the Ecological Crisis -- the Capitalist Mode of Production -- From the Critique of the Profit Motive to the Critique of the Economic Reason of Capitalism -- Relationship between Environmental Protection and the Existing Capitalist Modes of Production -- Capitalist Countries are Largely Ecologically Imperialist Countries -- "Sustainable Development" is Impossible under Capitalism -- 22. Ecologically Friendly Civilization is an Essential Goal of Chinese Socialism -- Creating Environmental Standards for Chinese Socialism -- Scientific Development Means "Green" Development -- Harmonious Society Founded on Harmony between Humanity and Nature -- Promoting Human Fulfillment through the Unity of Humanity and Nature -- 23. Strategic Choice for the Construction of Ecological Civilization under Chinese Socialism -- Three Strategies That we Can Not and Should Not Choose -- Viable Strategy of Ecologically Oriented Modernization -- 24. Challenges for the Construction of an Ecologically Friendly Civilization -- Capital: Utilizing and Restricting -- Technology: Development and Control -- Production: Expansion and Reform. |
| Summary |
The worsening environmental crisis has become a serious threat to mankind. The search for a solution to this crisis must begin by understanding its causes. Taking an eco-socialist perspective, The Ecological Crisis and the Logic of Capital explores the logic of capitalism as a fundamental cause of today's environmental crisis, in particular the thirst for profit and the capitalist mode of production. By demonstrating the inherent antagonism between capital and ecology, this book argues that proposals to resolve the crisis within the capitalist system are utopian, that proposed remedies relying on scientific progress, alternative energies, low-carbon technologies or the introduction of ecological ethics and new attitudes toward Nature into market mechanisms are doomed to failure without a radical overhaul of the principles that govern capitalism. |
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Human ecology -- Philosophy.
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Human ecology -- Philosophy. |
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Sustainable development -- Political aspects.
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Sustainable development -- Political aspects. |
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Sustainable development. |
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Environmental protection -- Political aspects.
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Environmental protection -- Political aspects. |
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Environmental policy -- China.
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China. |
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Communism and ecology.
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Communism and ecology. |
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Environmental protection. |
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Infrastructure. |
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Environmental policy. |
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General. |
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Wu, Lihuan, author.
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Liu, Baixiang, author.
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Sheng tai wei ji yu zi ben luo ji. English https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2017055910
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Print version: Chen, Xueming, 1947- Sheng tai wei ji yu zi ben luo ji. English. Ecological crisis and the logic of capital. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2017] 9789004355965 (DLC) 2017033720 (OCoLC)994638690 |
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9789004356009 (electronic book) |
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9004356002 (electronic book) |
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9789004355965 (hardcover) |
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9004355960 (hardcover) |
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