tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786517.post6985642301374293946..comments2023-09-25T07:01:43.067-04:00Comments on Critical Montages: Embedding Environmentalism in Marxist Theory of DevelopmentYoshiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11826849368615187619noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786517.post-28454179754473315462011-06-04T00:51:12.580-04:002011-06-04T00:51:12.580-04:00In the sense that any measure taken to advance soc...In the sense that any measure taken to advance socioeconomic development must take the best available science -- including environmental science -- into account, yes. But we take it into account because not doing so is detrimental to our wellbeing.<br /><br />In any event, my point is that socialists should consider environmental questions from the POV of debating what actions to take to make things better for human beings, rather than from the POV of searching (in vain) for environmental limits to capitalism.Yoshiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11826849368615187619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786517.post-31398726264163231642011-06-02T20:12:03.320-04:002011-06-02T20:12:03.320-04:00Yes that's true. But it seems to me that what ...Yes that's true. But it seems to me that what we know of ecology has to be the starting point for a Marxist theory of development, rather than the other way around, because the limit for our societies is one set by nature, and it is within those limits that we can discuss human or Marxist theories of development. You should read this great essay by Colin Duncan:<br /><br />On Identifying a Sound Environmental Ethic in History: Prolegomena to Any Future Environmental History<br />CAM Duncan - Environmental History Review, 1991jewbonicshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17179220313237449896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786517.post-40161673335822333462011-05-28T11:28:50.672-04:002011-05-28T11:28:50.672-04:00Well, nature doesn't have environmentalism or ...Well, nature doesn't have environmentalism or any other ism for that matter. We human beings do.Yoshiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11826849368615187619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786517.post-32335615608735818892011-05-28T11:24:03.511-04:002011-05-28T11:24:03.511-04:00Although it is a politically difficult proposition...Although it is a politically difficult proposition, ecologically speaking environmentalism doesn't need to be embedded in Marxism. Marxism needs to be embedded in ecology, because nature can exist in a way that leaves no room for us, and human and especially leftist political action should start from that premise.jewbonicshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17179220313237449896noreply@blogger.com