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Refusing Ecocide: From Fossil Capitalism to a Liveable World provides a critical analysis of the central role of fossil capitalism in causing climate change and argues that only alternatives based upon democratic eco-socialism can prevent the deepening of the climate crisis.

Employing three core concepts within historical materialism â capitalist accumulation, imperialism and hegemony â it locates the existential threat of our changing climate in the drive for increasing profit and growth, the domination of advanced capitalist states that strip resources and exploit cheap labour, and the consent to the capitalist way of life in the global North. With attention to the ways in which, powered by fossil fuels, capital has subjected the world to its predatory logic, this book charts this history and surveys the damage from the Industrial Revolution to todayâs deep civilizational crisis, arguing that the market-based and purely technological solutions of âclimate capitalism

Refusing Ecocide

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      Publisher Taylor & Francis
      Published 19 November 2024
      ISBN-13 9781032536422
      978-1032536422
      ISBN-10 103253642X
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      Social and political philosophy

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      Book Synopsis

      Refusing Ecocide: From Fossil Capitalism to a Liveable World provides a critical analysis of the central role of fossil capitalism in causing climate change and argues that only alternatives based upon democratic eco-socialism can prevent the deepening of the climate crisis.

      Employing three core concepts within historical materialism â capitalist accumulation, imperialism and hegemony â it locates the existential threat of our changing climate in the drive for increasing profit and growth, the domination of advanced capitalist states that strip resources and exploit cheap labour, and the consent to the capitalist way of life in the global North. With attention to the ways in which, powered by fossil fuels, capital has subjected the world to its predatory logic, this book charts this history and surveys the damage from the Industrial Revolution to todayâs deep civilizational crisis, arguing that the market-based and purely technological solutions of âclimate capitalism

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