The Enemy of Nature
Subtitle: The End of Capitalism or the End of the World?, Second Edition
Edition: 2 edition
Publisher: Zed Books; Fernwood Pub.; Distributed in the USA exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan
Published: December 9, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9781842778715
Subjects: Environmentalist thought & ideology; Political Science; Politics / Current Events; Politics/International Relations; Environmental Conservation & Protection - General; History & Theory - Radical Thought; Public Policy - Economic Policy; Political Science / Public Policy / Environmental Policy; Public Policy - Environmental Policy; Capitalism; Environmental aspects; Environmental economics; Marxian economics
First sentence: Something has gone terribly wrong in the relations between humanity and nature.
Description: We live in and from nature, but the way we have evolved of doing this is about to destroy us. Capitalism and its by-products - imperialism, war, neoliberal globalization, racism, poverty and the destruction of community - are all playing a part in the destruction of our ecosystem. Only now are we beginning to realise the depth of the crisis and the kind of transformation which will have to occur to ensure our survival. This second, thoroughly updated, edition of The Enemy of Nature speaks to this new environmental awareness. Joel Kovel argues against claims that we can achieve a better environ.