While the ecological movement has questioned the endless expansion of production, consumption and the consequent acceleration of resource and energy use, the left has often emphasised the domination of nature not just to meet everyone’s needs but to offer a universally high standard of living.
In ‘Marx in the Anthropocene,’ author Kohei Saito examines the environmentalism of Marx and Engels, drawing on their extensive collection of unpublished works.
Environmental debates often centre proposals for curtailing emissions, without addressing how we got into this mess and how we might get out. A radical new book ponders the alternatives.