Anthropocene communism : land and capital in the age of disaster / Paul Guillbert ; translated by Matt Reeck.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Guillibert, Paul, author.

Contributor:

Reeck, Matt, translator.

Standardized Title:

Terre et capital. English

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Communism and ecology.

Political ecology.

Human ecology and the humanities.

Naturalism.

naturalism (philosophical movement).

Physical Description:

191 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

London, UK ; New York, NY : Verso Books, 2025.

Language Note:

Translated from the French.

Summary:

"How communism can inform the ecological revolution. In Anthropocene Communism, the philosopher and activist Paul Guillibert proposes a brand-new communism for life: biocommunism. With the aid of this system, he hopes to move us beyond the ecological crisis of late capitalism. In a highly original reading of Karl Marx's exchanges with the populist 'terrorists' in Russia and informed by the cultural studies of Raymond Williams, the Marxism of José Carlos Mariátegui, and Ernst Bloch's attachment to the land, the author develops a philosophical naturalism that rethinks our relations with the environment. Rather than a fixed state, this relationship is influenced by cultural, social, and historical practices. For Guillibert, if we are to move beyond the Anthropocene, we must develop new strategies. Communism must become environmentalism, and political ecology can only become truly revolutionary once it is communist."--Publisher.

Contents:

Introduction: Cosmos, Production, and Anarch

1. Communism and MultinatJJralism

2. Capital Does Nothing in Vain: The Historical Naturalism of Karl Marx

3. Nature Doesn't Tell Stories: The Cultural Naturalism of Raymond Williams

4. Taking Back the Land: The Practical Naturalism of José Carlos Mariategui

Condusion: For a Communism of Life

Acknowledgments

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1804296384

9781804296387

OCLC:

1458614494