Capitalism, Democracy, and Ecology: Departing from Marx - Softcover

Luke, Timothy W.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0252067290 ISBN 13: 9780252067297

Publisher: University of Illinois Press, 1999

Synopsis

The world that was revolutionized by industrialization is being remade
by the information revolution. But this is mostly a revolution from above,
increasingly shaped by a new class of technocrats, experts, and professionals
in the service of corporate capitalism.
Using Marx as a touchstone, Timothy W. Luke warns that if communities
are not to be overwhelmed by new class economic and political agendas,
then the practice of democracy must be reconstituted on a more populist
basis. However, the galvanizing force for this new, more community-centered
populism will not be the proletariat, as Marx predicted, nor contemporary
militant patriotic groups. Rather, Luke argues that many groups unified
by a concern for ecological justice present the strongest potential opposition
to capitalism.
Wide-ranging and lucid, Capitalism, Democracy, and Ecology is
essential reading in the age of information.
"Challenging and provocative." -- Robert Holsworth, coauthor
of Affirmative Action and the Stalled Quest for Black Progress

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Review:

"An excellent book... An extremely interesting and well informed presentation and analysis of 'ecopopulism.'" Saul Newman, Political Studies "Challenging and provocative." Robert Holsworth, co-author of Affirmative Action and the Stalled Quest for Black Progress

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0252067290
• ISBN 13: 9780252067297
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 272