Capitalism in the Anthropocene
Book description
Explores capitalism's role in creating the current state of climate emergency
Over the last 11,700 years, during which human civilization developed, the earth has existed within what geologists refer to as the Holocene Epoch. Now science is telling us that the Holocene Epoch in the geological time scale ended, replaced…
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1 author picked Capitalism in the Anthropocene as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
We need to transform contemporary notions and practices of social change if we are to achieve genuine human development without destroying the planet.
This book by John Bellamy Foster deploys the concept of the metabolic rift to explain how capitalism is a fundamentally unsustainable economic system, subordinating nature ever more to its rhythms of competitive capital accumulation.
The greatest costs of environmental destruction – desertification, droughts, chemical contamination, flooding – are shouldered by the world’s poorest people who have already suffered from the impacts of colonialism and exploitative trade relations with more powerful states and economies.
Foster offers a vision…
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