Social Ecology of Capital

An original theory of contemporary capitalist growth and its socio-ecological contradictions

List of contents

Introduction

1. The Material Flow

2. Nature's Work: The Ecology of the Material Flow

3. Metabolic Regimes in a Historical Perspective

4. Fossil Based Industrial Metabolism

5. On Capitalist Metabolism

6. Accumulation and Social Metabolism in the Great Capitalist Acceleration 

Conclusion: Emancipation amid the Ruins of Fossil Metabolism

About the author

Éric Pineault is a Professor in the Department of Sociology and the Institute of Environmental Sciences at the Université du Québec à Montréal. His research focuses on financial institutions, extractive economies, the issue of ecological transition and degrowth as well as the general macroeconomic and social transformations of advanced capitalism.

Summary

An original theory of contemporary capitalist growth and its socio-ecological contradictions

Product details

• Authors: Eric Pineault, Éric Pineault, Eric (Universite Du Quebec a Montreal) Pineault
• Publisher: Pluto
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.11.2022
• EAN: 9780745343778
• ISBN: 978-0-7453-4377-8
• No. of pages: 176
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection, Capitalism, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Environmental Policy, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Environmental Economics, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Economic Policy, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Feminism & Feminist Theory, Environmental Economics, Environmentalist thought & ideology, Feminism & feminist theory, Political Economy, Economic systems & structures, Feminism and feminist theory, Socialism & left-of-centre democratic ideologies, Left-of-centre democratic ideologies, Environmentalist thought and ideology