Ecology Against Capitalism

In recent years, John Bellamy Foster has emerged as a leading theorist of the Marxist perspective on ecology. His seminal book Marx's Ecology (Monthly Review Press, 2000) discusses the place of ecological issues within the intellectual history of Marxism and on the philosophical foundations of a Marxist ecology, and has become a major point of reference in ecological debates. This historical and philosophical focus is now supplemented by more direct political engagement in his new book, Ecology against Capitalism. In a broad-ranging treatment of contemporary ecological politics, Foster deals with such issues as pollution, sustainable development, technological responses to environmental crisis, population growth, soil fertility, the preservation of ancient forests, and the "new economy" of the Internet age.

Foster's introduction sets out the unifying themes of these essays enabling the reader to draw from them a consolidated approach to a rapidly-expanding field of debate which is of critical importance in our times.

ISBN 1583670564   DEWEY 333.72 ISBN13 9781583670569 (What's this?)   Pages 160 Publisher Monthly Review Press   Volumes 1 Imprint MONTHLY REVIEW PR   Weight (grammes) 254 Format Paperback   Published in New York Publication date 01 Feb 2002   Height (mm) 227 Library of Congress 2002005067   Width (mm) 152

		Preface		7
		Ecology against Capitalism		9
		The Ecological Tyranny of the Bottom Line: The Environmental and Social Consequences of Economic Reductionism		26
		Global Ecology and the Common Good		44
		Ecology and Human Freedom		52
		"Let Them Eat Pollution": Capitalism and the World Environment		60
		The Scale of Our Ecological Crisis		69
		Sustainable Development of What?		79
		Globalization and the Ecological Morality of Place		83
		Capitalism's Environmental Crisis - Is Technology the Answer?		92
		The Limits of Environmentalism without Class: Lessons from the Ancient Forest Struggle in the Pacific Northwest		104
		Malthus's Essay on Population at Age 200		137
		Liebig, Marx, and the Depletion of Soil Fertility: Relevance for Today's Agriculture		154
		Index		170

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