num_pages: 160
description: A socialist response to the looming ecological crisisAs the Anthropocene advances people across the red-green political spectrum seek to understand and halt our deepening ecological crisis. Environmentalists scientists and eco-socialists share concerns about the misuse and overuse of natural resources but often differ on explanations and solutions. Some blame environmental disasters on overpopulation. Others wonder if Darwins evolutionary theories disprove Marxs revolutionary views or if capitalist history contradicts Anthropocene science. Some ask if all this worry about climate change and the ecosystem might lead to a catastrophism that weakens efforts to heal the planet.Ian Angus responds to these concerns in A Redder Shade of Green with a fresh insightful clarity bringing socialist values to science and scientific rigor to socialism. He challenges not only mainstream green thought but also radicals who misuse or misrepresent environmental science. Anguss argument that confronting environmental destruction requires both cutting-edge scientific research and a Marxist understanding of capitalism makes this book an essential resource in the fight to prevent environmental destruction in the 21st century.
language: English
title: A Redder Shade of Green: Intersections of Science and Socialism
publisher: Monthly Review Press