Marx and Nature - A Red Green Perspective

Marx's treatment of natural conditions possesses an inner logic, coherence, and analytical power which has not been previously recognized

Sommario

Contents

Preface and Acknowledgements vii
Introduction 1

Part I Nature and Historical Materialism

1. Requirements of a Social Ecology 17

2. Nature, Labor, and Production 25

3. The Natural Basis of Labor Productivity and Surplus Labor 33

4. Labor and Labor Power as Natural and Social Forces 49

Part II Nature and Capitalism

5. Nature, Labor, and Capitalist Production 57

6. Capital’s “Free Appropriation” of Natural and
Social Conditions 69

7. Capitalism and Nature: A Value-Form Approach 79

8. Reconsidering Some Ecological Criticisms of
Marx’s Value Analysis 99

9. Capitalism and Environmental Crisis 107

10. Marx’s Working-Day Analysis and Environmental Crisis 133

Part III Nature and Communism

11. Nature and the Historical Progressivity of Capitalism 147

12. Nature and Capitalism’s Historical Limits 175

13. Capital, Nature, and Class Struggle 199

14. Nature and Associated Production 223

Notes 259

References 297

Index 309

Info autore

Paul Burkett: Paul Burkett, Ph.D. (1984) in Economics, Syracuse University, is Professor of Economics at Indiana State University, Terre Haute. His publications on Marxism and ecology include Marx and Nature: A Red and Green Perspective (St. Martin's Press, 1999) and many articles in scholarly journals.

Riassunto

Marx’s treatment of natural conditions possesses an inner logic, coherence, and analytical power which has not been previously recognized

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Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Paul Burkett, Burkett Paul
• Editore: Ingram Publishers Services
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 05.08.2014
• EAN: 9781608463695
• ISBN: 978-1-60846-369-5
• Dimensioni: 140 mm x 210 mm x 20 mm
• Peso: 446 g
• Categorie: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Biologia > Ecologia; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Economia > Economia politica; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Filosofia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; NATURE / Natural Resources, Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection, Environmental Management, Conservation of the environment, Social classes, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Classes & Economic Disparity, Management Of Land & Natural Resources