Engels on Ireland's Dialectics of Nature
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4866083 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Eamonn Slater (0000-0002-2801-6392, National University of Ireland, Maynooth, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 31-50 |
| Publication date | 2018-10-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| 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 | 10.1080/10455752.2017.1336781 |
| OpenAlex | W2700115593 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 3 |
This article surveys an unpublished piece in which Friedrich Engels examined the ecological conditions of Ireland in a chapter entitled the “Natural Conditions” in his unfinished History of Ireland. In interpreting Engels’s findings dialectically we are able to explicate a dialectical framework that gives us a greater insight into how Engels understands the way in which the dialectics of nature enfold in a particular bioregion and how, crucially, those same organic processes of nature provide the necessary ecological conditions for society to engage in agricultural cultivation. The geological system of Ireland and its particular sieve-like structure moderate the climatic condition of excessive rainfall so that cultivation can continue. This investigation by Engels can be seen as a concrete case study into the dynamic metabolising relationships between the diverse organic processes of Nature as they are appropriated by society in agricultural production. The conceptual trajectory of this dialectical analysis is to emphasise the inherent fluidity, mutual interaction and “universal connection” of the forces of nature. This particular work of Engels’s is a significant contribution to our understanding not only of the dialectics of nature but also of the methodology of dialectics as such
Archaeology · Dialectic · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Geography · Natural (archaeology · Social science · Sociology · Historical Economic and Social Studies · Philosophy · Political Economy and Marxism · Weber, Simmel, Sociological Theory · Ecology
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0,43 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2023 (5) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |