• Social Restitution and Metabolic Restoration in the Thought of Karl Marx

    Author(s):
    Peter Critchley (see profile)
    Date:
    2018
    Subject(s):
    Marx, Karl, 1818-1883, Communism, Socialism, Political science--Philosophy, Sociology
    Item Type:
    Book
    Tag(s):
    Marx, Political ecology, Ecological humanities, Karl Marx, Marxism, Political philosophy
    Permanent URL:
    http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/M6SQ8QH2X
    Abstract:
    Volume One of Marx's Socialism from Within. In this work I recover the ecological dimension of Marx's critique of political economy. Within the triadic framework of humanity-labour/production-nature, I demonstrate that Marx goes beyond the abstractions of 'Man,' 'Reason,' and 'Nature' to place the emphasis upon mediation. Focusing upon the alienated character of capital's second order mediations, Marx reveals the forces behind the disturbance in the 'metabolic interaction' between humanity and nature. Arguing for regulating this interchange in a 'rational way,' Marx shows what is required for the restoration of healthy growth in the relation between the social metabolism and the universal metabolism of nature.
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