Radical Reformism and the Marxist Critique
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3833889 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Terry Leahy (Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, Australia, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 61-74 |
| Publication date | 2018-04-03 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Capitalism Nature Socialism (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1045-5752 • E-ISSN: 1548-3290 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/10455752.2017.1293116 |
| OpenAlex | W2590390239 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 12 |
The mainstream environmental movement has tended to accept the continuation of capitalism and the growth economy. A de-materialization is hoped to follow from limits on the use of natural resources. Eco-Marxists have opposed this strategy, claiming environmental problems are intrinsic to capitalism. More recently a tendency which I will call “radical reformism” has been gaining strength. Radical reformists argue that a growth economy is not compatible with environmental limits. They look to regulate capitalism to prevent growth. The overall intention is for a peaceful transition within a broadly capitalist economy. The eco-Marxist critique of mainstream environmentalism can also be applied to radical reformism. While radical reformists may have some answers to this critique, these answers bring further problems
Capitalism · Economics · Marxist philosophy · Neoclassical economics · Political science · Politics · Socialism · Sociology · Anarchism and Radical Politics · Critical Theory and Philosophy · Law · Political Economy and Marxism
Nature, Class, and Crisis
The reformist sustainability discourse and the exclusion of the informal economy from Mexico City’s environmental policies
Normalising the ‘alter-Europe’ or going beyond this Europe? Italian environmental movements’ perspectives on Europe, democracy and the ecological crisis
Friedrich Engels on state socialism
Economic growth dependencies and imperatives
For the common good
Reading Capital Politically
Ecological modernization
Prosperity without Growth
The Enemy of Nature
Socialism
The Imaginary Institution of Society
Stumbling towards collapse
The Ecological Revolution
The Insuperable Imperative
Appropriate Technocracies? Green Capitalist Discourses and Post Capitalist Desires
| Citations per year | 0.83 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2020 - 2026 (7) |
| Highly cited | No |