Ecology and historical materialism / Jonathan Hughes.

This book presents a systematic challenge to the widely-held view that Marxism is unable to deal adequately with environmental issues. Jonathan Hughes responds to criticisms of Marx's theory, and offers an interpretation and reconstruction of key Marxian concepts, designed to show that the theo...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Hughes, Jonathan, 1966-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2000.
Series:Studies in Marxism and social theory.
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Table of Contents:
  • Machine generated contents note: 1. Ecological problems: definition and evaluation
  • 2. Marxism and the green Malthusians
  • 3. Marxism and the ecological method
  • 4. Historical materialism: locating society in nature
  • 5. Development of the productive forces
  • 6. Capitalism, socialism and the satisfaction of needs.