ECOSOCIALISM OR BARBARISM EXPANDED SECOND EDITION

ISBN: 9780902869882 Géneros: PSAF:JPFC:RND Sinópsis: Ecosocialism or Barbarism explains that the twentyfirst century has opened on a catastrophic note with an unprecedented degree of ecological breakdown and a chaotic world order beset with terror and warfare In this book socialists Jane Kelly and Sheila Malone have gathered together articles from some of the worlds leading ecologists and Marxists to discuss how the profoundly interrelated crises of ecology and social breakdown should be seen as different manifestations of the same structural forces The expanded second edition includes Savage Capitalism a detailed examination of the strategies and methods that ecosocialists can use It was adopted as a resolution to guide the work of Socialist Resistance the ecosocialist current in Britain Jack Kovel and Michel Lowys ecosocialist manifesto sets the framework for a discussion which is unfolding around the world They argue that capitalism cannot regulate much less overcome the crises it has set going It cannot solve the ecological crisis because to do so requires setting limits upon accumulationan unacceptable option for a system predicated upon the rule Grow or Die And it cannot solve the crisis posed by terror and other forms of violent rebellion because this would mean abandoning the logic of empire imposing unacceptable limits on growth and the way of life sustained by empire In this unique volume ecologists and socialists discuss how far the capitalist world system is historically bankrupt Their common conclusion is that it has become an empire unable to adapt whose very gigantism exposes its underlying weakness It is profoundly unsustainable and must be replaced The stark choice posed by Rosa Luxemburg returns Socialism or Barbarism