A critique of the “socio‐ecological fix” and towards revolutionary rupture

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ID8360740
AuthorsCollin L Chambers (0000-0002-9838-4000, Geography Department Syracuse University Syracuse NY USA, corresponding author)
Year2021
Volume53
Issue1
Pages114-121
Publication date2021-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueArea (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0004-0894 • E-ISSN: 1475-4762
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/area.12668
OpenAlexW3086309996
LanguageEN
Citations received14
References cited33

Through a review of the literature that develops the “socio‐ecological fix” concept, this paper makes two arguments. First, it argues that the concept is trapped in a specific historical understanding of 20th‐century capitalism that goes through “crisis” and “fixes.” Second, the paper argues that this understanding of history largely ignores the potential for revolutionary ruptures that create social systems entirely at odds with capital. The severity of the climate crisis suggests that moving further into the 21st century will not allow such clean “fixes.” The climate crisis will make revolutionary ruptures not only possible, but inevitable

Biology · Capital (architecture) · Capitalism · Climate change · Ecological crisis · Environmental ethics · Odds · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Ecology · Economic Theory and Policy · Global Energy and Sustainability Research · History · Law · Philosophy · Political Economy and Marxism

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