The Robbery of Nature
capitalism and the ecological rift
$195.28
- Hardcover
416 pages
- Release Date
23 February 2020
Summary
Bridges the gap between social and environmental critiques of capitalismIn the nineteenth century, Karl Marx, inspired by the German chemist Justus von Liebig, argued that capitalism’s relation to its natural environment was that of a robbery system, leading to an irreparable rift in the metabolism between humanity and nature. In the twenty-first century, these classical insights into capitalism’s degradation of the earth have become the basis of extraordinary advances in critical theory and …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781583678404 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1583678409 |
| Author: | Brett Clark, John Bellamy Foster |
| Publisher: | Monthly Review Press,U.S. |
| Imprint: | Monthly Review Press,U.S. |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 416 |
| Release Date: | 23 February 2020 |
| Weight: | 614g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm |
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“An erudite and meticulous work of detailed scholarship, The Robbery of Nature is an extraordinary and unreservedly recommended addition to community, college, and university library Political & Environmental studies collections and supplemental curriculum studies reading lists.”—-Midwest Book Review
About The Author
Brett Clark
John Bellamy Foster is editor of Monthly Review. He is professor of sociology at the University of Oregon and author of The Great Financial Crisis (with Fred Magdoff), The Ecological Rift and Critique of Intelligent Design (both with Brett Clark and Richard York), The Ecological Revolution, Ecology Against Capitalism, Marx’s Ecology, and The Vulnerable Planet.Brett Clark is assistant professor of sociology at North Carolina State University. He is co-author (with John Bellamy Foster and Richard York) of Critique of Intelligent Design.
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