AN EVALUATION OF THE MARXIST APPROACH TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL CRISES
Keywords:
Environment issue, Marxist, Commodification, Anthropocene
Abstract
Environmental crises have now become a very serious global issue and work in this area has led to something of a revolution in Marxist theory which has contributed to its continued resilience within the academy. This paper is an attempt to assess Marxist ecological theory and evaluates the solutions this school offers towards addressing contemporary environmental challenges. We argue that Marxist eco-socialists have been (so far) unable to prove that the type of technological fixes suggested by capitalist scientists and adopted by capitalist states and market agents will necessarily fail to effectively respond to environmental changes ensuring the sustainability of capitalist orderReferences
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Nilsen A. (2009) “the Authors and the Actors of their own Drama”, Capital and Class Vol 73, No. 3
Peterson DJ (1993) Troubled Lands: the Legacy of Soviet Environmental Destruction Boulder Westview Press
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Schnaberg A (1980) The Environment, Oxford, Oxford University Press
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Ursul A.D (ed) (1983) “Philosophy and the Ecological Problems of Civilization” Moscow Progress Publishers
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Published
2020-01-15
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