Description Less a single coherent argument than a series of meditations, this book introduces many of the concepts that would become foundational to Marxist thought and critical theory, more generally, including alienation, exploitation, and dialectical […]
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Capitalism in the Web of Life: Ecology and the Accumulation of Capital
Description Written from a Marxist perspective, this book examines the emergence of capitalist modernity in terms of the extraction of natural resources. It analyzes the ways in which the Enlightenment ideology of history as progress […]
The Theology of Climate Change: Sin as Agency in the Enlightenment’s AnthropoceneThe Theology of Climate Change: Sin as Agency in the Enlightenment’s Anthropocene
Creator Barnett, Lydia Publisher Environmental History 20 (2015): 217–37. Contributor White, Sam Language English Type Article
“The Climate of History: Four Theses”
Description This article argues that the thesis of the Anthropocene offers grounds for a reconciliation between human history and natural history, abolishing the Enlightenment ideology of history as the progressive conquest of nature by Man. […]