Social Ecology of Capital
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'A remarkably insightful analysis of the complex interface between capital and nature. This is indispensable reading for scholars, students and activists'
» William Carroll, Professor of Sociology, University of Victoria, Canada
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Detaljer
- Forlag
- Pluto Press
- Innbinding
- Paperback
- Språk
- Engelsk
- ISBN
- 9780745343778
- Utgivelsesår
- 2023
- Format
- 22 x 14 cm
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'A remarkably insightful analysis of the complex interface between capital and nature. This is indispensable reading for scholars, students and activists'
» William Carroll, Professor of Sociology, University of Victoria, Canada
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'A Social Ecology of Capital is essential reading for all interested in ecological crises, limits to growth, and alternatives. Its materialist-feminist analysis of growth as biophysical expansion and accumulation presents a much-needed foundation for understanding our current predicament'
» Matthias Schmelzer, author of 'The Hegemony of Growth'
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‘Eric Pineault's book is a true Capital in the 21st Century. One where ecology matters’
» Giorgos Kallis, ICREA Professor, ICTA-UAB.
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'In systematically illuminating the material flows and constraints of fossil-fuelled capitalism, Pineault has compiled a useful guide to social metabolism for Marxists. He shows that, to understand our global ecological predicament, we must go beyond Marx in establishing a materialist social science'
» Alf Hornborg, Professor Emeritus of Human Ecology, Lund University and author of 'The Magic of Techn
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'A timely and urgent analysis which seeks to comprehend our ecological plight through an elucidation of monopoly capital'
» Gareth Dale, Reader in Political Economy, Brunel University, UK
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'Social ecology is further developed by Éric Pineault with this fascinating theoretical and empirical study. He shows how capital as a social relation exercises its domination - and how contested this is. A must read for scholars, students, activists, progressive politicians and the interested public!'
» Ulrich Brand, University of Vienna, co-author of the book 'The Imperial Mode of Living. Everyday Lif
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'Applying biophysical accounting methods from social ecology, Pineault analyses the metabolism of capitalism. It provides important lessons for scholars and activists about the root causes of ongoing environmental crises and the need for an encompassing social ecological transformation'
» Christoph Görg, Institute of Social Ecology, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vien