Since the atomic bomb made its first appearance on
the world stage in 1945, it has been clear that we
possess the power to destroy our own planet. What
nuclear weapons made possible, global environmental
crisis, marked especially by global warming, has now
made inevitable--if business as usual continues.The
roots of the present ecological crisis, John Bellamy
Foster argues in The Ecological Revolution, lie in
capital's rapacious expansion, which has now achieved
unprecedented heights of irrationality across the globe.
Foster compellingly demonstrates that the only possible
answer for humanity is an ecological revolution: a
struggle to make peace with the planet. Foster details
the beginnings of such a revolution in human relations
with the environment which can now be found throughout
the globe, especially in the periphery of the world
system, where the most ambitious experiments are taking
place.This bold new work addresses the central issues of
the present crisis: global warming, peak oil, species
extinction, world water shortages, global hunger,
alternative energy sources, sustainable development, and
environmental justice. Foster draws on a unique range of
thinkers, including Karl Marx, Thomas Malthus, William
Morris, Albert Einstein, Hannah Arendt, Rachel Carson,
Vandana Shiva, and Istvan Meszaros. The result is a
startlingly radical synthesis, which offers new hope for
grappling with the greatest challenge of our age: what
must be done to save the earth for humanity and all
living species. |
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