Towards a critical theory of nature : capital, ecology, and dialectics / Carl Cassegård.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cassegård, Carl, author.

Series:

Critical theory and the critique of society series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmentalism--Philosophy.

Environmentalism.

Critical theory.

Physical Description:

viii, 245 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

London, UK ; New York, NY : Bloomsbury Academic, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2021.

Summary:

"This book offers a bold new theoretical understanding of the current ecological crisis via the Frankfurt School. Focusing on key notions of dialectics, natural history, and materialism, a critical theory of nature is outlined in favor of a more traditional Marxist theory of nature, albeit one which still builds on Marxist concepts to confirm humanity's centrality in manufacturing environmental misery. Pre-eminent thinkers including Georg Lukács, Ernst Bloch, and Theodor Adorno are highlighted for their potential to diagnose the interpenetration of capitalism and nature in a way that neither absolutizes nor obliterates the boundary between the social and natural"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction: What Is a Critical Theory of Nature?

2. Marx's Three Materialisms

3. Natural History and the Primacy of the Object

4. Capitalism and the Domination of Nature

5. Marx, Value, and Nature

6. Constellations and Natural Science

7. Eco-Marxism's Return to Marx

8. World-Ecology and the Persistence of Non-Cartesian Dualism

9. New Materialism and Dark Ecology

10. Utopia, the Apocalypse, and Praxis.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Cassegård, Carl, Towards a critical theory of nature

ISBN:

9781350159501

1350159506

9781350213999

1350213993

OCLC:

1191202192

Publisher Number:

99986503434