Marx's ecology : materialism and nature / John Bellamy Foster.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Foster, John Bellamy.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Communism and ecology.

Marx, Karl, 1818-1883.

Marx, Karl.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (321 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Monthly Review Press, c2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Progress requires the conquest of nature. Or does it? This startling new account overturns conventional interpretations of Marx and in the process outlines a more rational approach to the current environmental crisis. Marx, it is often assumed, cared only about industrial growth and the development of economic forces. John Bellamy Foster examines Marx's neglected writings on capitalist agriculture and soil ecology, philosophical naturalism, and evolutionary theory. He shows that Marx, known as a powerful critic of capitalist society, was also deeply concerned with the changing human relationsh

Contents:

Cover; CONTENTS; PREFACE; INTRODUCTION; 1 THE MATERIALIST CONCEPTION OF NATURE; 2 THE REALLY EARTHLY QUESTION; 3 PARSON NATURALISTS; 4 THE MATERIALIST CONCEPTION OF HISTORY; 5 THE METABOLISM OF NATURE AND SOCIETY; 6 THE BASIS IN NATURAL HISTORY FOR OUR VIEW; EPILOGUE; NOTES; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781583673805

1583673806

9781583673812

1583673814

OCLC:

823720503