The enemy of nature : the end of capitalism or the end of the world? / Joel Kovel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kovel, Joel, 1936-2018.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental economics.

Capitalism--Environmental aspects.

Capitalism.

Marxian economics.

Environmental policy.

Physical Description:

xvi, 329 pages ; 21 cm

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Zed Books ; Halifax : Fernwood Pub. ; New York, NY : Distributed in the USA exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.

Summary:

We live in and from nature, but the way we have evolved of doing this is about to destroy us. Capitalism and its by-products - imperialism, war, neoliberal globalization, racism, poverty, and the destruction of community - are all playing a part in the destruction of our ecosystem. Only now are we beginning to realize the depth of the crisis and the kind of transformation which will have to occur to ensure our survival. This second, thoroughly updated, edition of The Enemy of Nature speaks to our new environmental awareness. Joel Kovel argues against claims that we can achieve a better environment through the current Western way of being. By suggesting a radical way forward, a new kind of ecosocialism, he offers real hope and vision for a more sustainable future.

Contents:

Preface to the second edition

Preface to the first edition

The culprit

The ecological crisis

Capital

Capitalism

The domination of nature

On ecologies

Capital and the domination of nature

Paths to ecosocialism

Introduction

Critique of actually existing ecopolitics

Prefiguration

Ecosocialism

Afterword

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 310-320) and index.

ISBN:

9781842778715

1842778714

9781842778708

1842778706

OCLC:

137331474

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