Ecology and Historical Materialism (Studies in Marxism and Social Theory)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: June 26, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 230
ISBN-13: 9780521660907
Subjects: Political science & theory; Socialism & left-of-centre democratic ideologies; Political Ideologies - Communism & Socialism; Ecology; Origin Of Life; Political Science; Science; Politics/International Relations; History & Theory - General; Life Sciences - Ecology; Political Science / History & Theory; Historical materialism; Environmental Conservation & Protection - General
First sentence: In order that we may investigate the ability of Marxism to deal with ecological problems - the extent to which Marxist explanations and predictions are affected by the existence of such problems and the potential of the theory to explain and offer responses to them - we need to have some idea of what these ecological problems are.