The Ecological Rift: Capitalism’s War on the EarthHumanity in the twenty-first century is facing what might be described as its ultimate environmental catastrophe: the destruction of the climate that has nurtured human civilization and with it the basis of life on earth as we know it. All ecosystems on the planet are now in decline. Enormous rifts have been driven through the delicate fabric of the biosphere. The economy and the earth are headed for a fateful collision—if we don’t alter course. |
Contents
PREFACE | 7 |
A Rift in Earth and Time | 13 |
The Paradox of Wealth | 53 |
Rifts and Shifts | 73 |
Capitalism in Wonderland | 89 |
The Midas Effect | 107 |
Carbon Metabolism and Global Capital Accumulation | 121 |
The Planetary Moment of Truth | 151 |
The Dialectics of Nature and Marxist Ecology | 215 |
Dialectical Materialism and Nature | 249 |
Marxs Grundrisse and the Ecology of Capitalism | 275 |
The Sociology of Ecology | 289 |
Imperialism and Ecological Metabolism | 345 |
The Ecology of Consumption | 377 |
The Metabolism of TwentyFirst Century Socialism | 401 |
Why Ecological Revolution? | 423 |
Other editions - View all
The Ecological Rift: Capitalism’s War on the Earth John Bellamy Foster,Brett Clark,Richard York Limited preview - 2010 |
The Ecological Rift: Capitalism’s War on the Earth John Bellamy Foster,Richard York,Brett Clark Limited preview - 2011 |
The Ecological Rift: Capitalism’s War on the Earth John Bellamy Foster,Brett Clark,Richard York Limited preview - 2011 |