Ecology and Historical Materialism (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780521667890)

This book presents a systematic challenge to the widely-held view that Marxism is unable to deal adequately with environmental issues. Jonathan Hughes responds to criticisms of Marx's theory of history from environmental theorists, and offers an interpretation and reconstruction of key Marxian concepts, designed to show that the theory need not have harmful ecological consequences. He argues that the communist principle "to each according to his needs" must rest on a conception of needs that may be satisfied by a modest and ecologically-feasible expansion of productive output.

Author: Jonathan Hughes
ISBN-10: 0521667895
ISBN-13: 9780521667890
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 07/03/2000
Pages: 230
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 9.01h x 6.03w x 0.60d