After Neoliberalism
From Eco-Marxism to Ecological Civilization, Part 2
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4858519 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Arran Gare (0000-0003-4995-4035, Philosophy and Cultural Inquiry, Department of Social Sciences, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, Australia, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 32 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 43-60 |
| Publication date | 2021-07-03 |
| 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 | 10.1080/10455752.2020.1811364 |
| OpenAlex | W4243420754 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 21 |
This is Part 2 of an article aimed at defending Marx against orthodox Marxists to reveal the possibilities for overcoming capitalism. It is argued that Marx’s general theory of history is inconsistent with his profound insights into alienation and commodity fetishism as the foundations of capitalism. Humanist Marxists focused on the latter in opposition to orthodox Marxists, but without fully acknowledging this inconsistency and its implications, failed to realize the full potential of Marx’s work. The outcome has been the triumph of “neoliberalism,” effectively a synthesis of the worst aspects of capitalism with Soviet managerialism. In Part 1 of this article, I critiqued orthodox Marxism and utilized recent scholarship examining the penultimate drafts of Capital to reinterpret his work. The legacy of orthodox Marxism is still standing in the way of efforts to replace capitalism, however. In Part 2, I argue that the call for an “ecological civilisation” brings into focus what is required: a realistic vision of the future based on ecological concepts
Alienation · Capitalism · Civilization · Ecological civilization · Economics · Environmental ethics · Fetishism · Humanism · Neoclassical economics · Neoliberalism (international relations · Opposition (politics · Political science · Politics · Scholarship · Social science · Sociology · Anthropology · Economic Theory and Institutions · Global Energy and Sustainability Research · Law · Philosophy · Political Economy and Marxism
The Eighth Day
The Economics of Feasible Socialism Revisited
Nature, Society, and Justice in the Anthropocene
Hegel's Ethics of Recognition
Market, State, and Community
Karl Marx and the Intellectual Origins of Dialectical Materialism
Eco-Socialism or Eco-Capitalism
Marxism
The Spirit of Utopia
The Money–Energy–Technology Complex and Ecological Marxism
Marx's Social Critique of Culture
Money and the Semiotics of Ecosystem Dissolution
| Citations per year | 1 |
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| Citation span | 2024 - 2025 (2) |
| Highly cited | No |