Climate Change Solutions: Beyond the Capital-Climate Contradiction (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780472038473)

Climate Change Solutions represents an application of critical theory to examine proposed solutions to climate change. Drawing from Marx's negative conception of ideology, the authors illustrate how ideology continues to conceal the capital-climate contradiction or the fundamental incompatibility between growth-dependent capitalism and effectively and justly mitigating climate change. Dominant solutions to climate change that offer minor changes to the current system fail to address this contradiction. However, alternatives like degrowth involve a shift in priorities and power relations and can offer new systemic arrangements that confront and move beyond the capital-climate contradiction. While there are clear barriers to a systemic transition that prioritizes social and ecological well-being, such a transition is possible and desirable.

Author: Diana Stuart, Ryan Gunderson, Brian Petersen
ISBN-10: 0472038478
ISBN-13: 9780472038473
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Language: English
Published: 07/17/2020
Pages: 204
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.60lbs

Review Citation(s):
Choice 08/01/2021