tailieunhanh - Marx's Ecology: Materialism and Nature

Marx, it is often assumed, cared only about industrial growth and the development of economic forces. John Bellamy Foster examines Marx's neglected writings on capitalist agriculture and soil ecology, philosophical naturalism, and evolutionary theory. He shows that Marx, known as a powerful critic of capitalist society, was also deeply concerned with the changing human relationship to nature. Marx's Ecology covers many other thinkers, including Epicurus, Charles Darwin, Thomas Malthus, Ludwig Feuerbach, P. J. Proudhon, and William Paley. By reconstructing a materialist conception of nature and society, Marx's Ecology challenges the spiritualism prevalent in the modern Green movement, pointing toward a. | MARX S ECOLOGY materialism and nature JOHN BELLAMY FOSTER MARX S ECOLOGY Materialism and Nature JOHN BELLAMY FOSTER Monthly Review Press Neu York Copyright John Bellamy Foster 2000 All Rights Reserved Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Pubỉứation Data Foster John Bellamy. Marx s ecology materialism and nature John Bellamy Foster. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 1-58367 11-4 cloth . ISBN 1-58367-012-2 pbk. I. Communism and ecology. 2. Marx Karl 1818-1883. I. Title. 2000 577 deal 99-38837 C1P ISBN I 58567 012 z paper ISBN 1-58367-011 4 cloth Monthly Review Press 122 West 27th Street New York NY 10001 Manufactured in Canada IO .