Natural causes : essays in ecological marxism
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Natural causes : essays in ecological marxism
（Democracy and ecology）
Guilford Press, c1998
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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: pbk ISBN 9781572302730
Description
Economic growth since the Industrial Revolution has been achieved at great cost both to the natural environment and to the autonomy of communities. What can a Marxist perspective contribute to understanding this disturbing legacy, and mitigating its impact on future generations? Renowned social theorist James O'Connor shows how the policies and imperatives of business and government influence--and are influenced by--environmental and social change. Probing the relationship between economy, nature, and society, O'Connor argues that environmental and social crises pose a growing threat to capitalism itself. These illuminating essays and case studies demonstrate the power of ecological Marxist analysis for understanding our diverse environmental and social history, for grounding economic behavior in the real world, and for formulating and evaluating new political strategies.
Table of Contents
Introduction
I. History and Nature
Introduction to Part I
1. Culture, Nature, and the Materialist Conception of History
2. What Is Environmental History? Why Environmental History?
3. Three Ways to Look at the Ecological History and Cultural Landscapes of Monterey Bay
4. The Nature of Construction and the Construction of Nature at Fall Creek, Felton, California, 1860 1990: A Script
5. The Sales of Two Cities: Chicago and Los Angeles
II. Capitalism and Nature
Introduction to Part II
6. Some Observations on Ecological Crisis
7. The Conditions of Production and the Production of Conditions
8. The Second Contradiction of Capitalism, with an Addendum on the Two Contradictions of Capitalism
9. On Capitalist Accumulation and Economic and Ecological Crisis
10. Uneven and Combined Development and Ecological Crisis
11. Technology and Ecology
12. Murder on the Orient Express: The Political Economy of the Gulf War
13. British Rule in Shetland
14. Is Sustainable Capitalism Possible?
III. Socialism and Nature
Introduction to Part III
15. Socialism and Ecology
16. A Red Green Politics in the United States?
17. Flatland Politics
18. Think Globally, Act Locally? Toward an International Red-Green Movement
19. Ecology Movements and the State
20. The New Global Economy and One Alternative
21. What Is Ecological Socialism?
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Economic growth since the Industrial Revolution has been achieved at great cost both to the natural environment and to the autonomy of communities. What can a Marxist perspective contribute to understanding this disturbing legacy, and mitigating its impact on future generations? Social theorist James O'Connor demonstrates how the policies and imperatives of business and government influence - and are influenced by - environment and social change. Probing the relationship between economy, nature and society, O'Connor argues that environmental and social crises pose a growing threat to capitalism itself. These essays demonstrate the power of ecological Marxist analysis for understanding our diverse environment and social history, for grounding economic behaviour in the real world, and for formulating and evaluating new political strategies.
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