Press red button for yes, green button for no. He warned against the dangers of parochialism of the small community, and urged the adoption of those forms of community that have been tried by history and seen to have worked. Bookchin's term for the form of politics he advocates is Confederalism. Bookchin concluded by warning against the 'spiritual aspects of ecology'. He was not, he said, against spirituality but against spiritualism, a distinction many of his critics do not draw.
People have to live, and only when they are fed can they talk about the environment.
Unless this point is appreciated, only 'the most exotic people, who do not shape the world' will discuss such matters. The real question must be, first, what kind of a society are we going to have, and then, what is our relationship with the natural world.