Coming to Terms with Nature: Socialist Register 2007

by Leo Panitch, Colin Leys

Overview

Since 1964, the Socialist Register has brought together leading writers on the left to investigate aspects of a common theme. Coming to Terms with Nature: Socialist Register 2007 examines whether capitalism can come to terms with today's ecological challenges and whether socialist thought has developed sufficiently to help us do so. Topics include: the ecological contradictions of capitalist accumulation and the growing social conflicts they create; the relationship between imperialism, markets, oil politics, and renewable energy; the significance of the impasse over the Kyoto protocol; and whether market forces and technology can overcome the “limits to growth” while preserving the biosphere.
These essays also analyze how deeply consumerism affects working class politics and the shortcomings of Green parties and “green commerce.” In addition, they address the necessity to redefine standards of living chiefly in the countries of the North in order to allow for the global redistribution of wealth and income that are critical for development in the South.
The international roster of contributors includes Mike Davis and Neil Smith, Enrique Leff, Joan Martinez-Alier, Elmar Altvater, and Michael Lowy.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781583671528
Publisher:	Monthly Review Press
Publication date:	11/01/2006
Series:	Socialist Register
Edition description:	2007 ed.
Pages:	216
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.85(d)

About the Author

Leo Panitch is professor of political science at York University in Toronto and author of Renewing Socialism: Democracy, Strategy, and Imagination.

Colin Leys is Emeritus Professor of Political Studies at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario.