A redder shade of green : intersections of science and socialism / Ian Angus.

Author
Angus, Ian, 1945- [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
New York : Monthly Review Press, [2017]
Description
203 pages ; 22 cm

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    As the Anthropocene advances, people across the red-green political spectrum seek to understand and halt our deepening ecological crisis. Environmentalists, scientists, and ecosocialists share concerns about the misuse and overuse of natural resources, but often differ on explanations and solutions. Some blame environmental disasters on overpopulation. Others wonder if Darwin's evolutionary theories disprove Marx's revolutionary views, or if capitalist history contradicts Anthropocene science. Some ask if all this worry about climate change and the ecosystem might lead to a "catastrophism" that weakens efforts to heal the planet. Ian Angus responds to these concerns in A Redder Shade of Green, with a fresh, insightful clarity, bringing socialist values to science, and scientific rigor to socialism. He challenges not only mainstream green thought, but also radicals who misuse or misrepresent environmental science. Angus's argument that confronting environmental destruction requires both cutting-edge scientific research and a Marxist understanding of capitalism makes this book an essential resource in the fight to prevent environmental destruction in the 21st century.
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    Includes bibliographical references and index.
    Contents
    • Natural Science and the Making of Scientific Socialism
    • Marx and Engels and the Red Chemist
    • Marx and Engels and Darwin
    • Responding to the Anthropocene
    • A Challenge that Socialists Cannot Ignore
    • Ecomodernists and the "Good Anthropocene"
    • The Most Dangerous Environmentalist Concept?
    • Numbers Are Not Enough
    • Tunnel Vision at the Royal Society
    • The Return of the Population Bombers
    • Did NASA Predict Civilization's Collapse?
    • Saving Species, Saving Oceans
    • Third World Farming and Biodiversity
    • More Plastic than Fish
    • Toward an Ecological Civilization
    • The Myth of "Environmental Catastrophism"
    • Ecosocialists and the Fight for Climate Justice
    • Ecosocialism: A Society of Good Ancestors.
    ISBN
    • 9781583676448 ((pbk.))
    • 1583676449 ((pbk.))
    • 9781583676455 ((hardcover))
    • 1583676457 ((hardcover))
    LCCN
    2017014751
    OCLC
    961160934
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