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Was Karl Marx a Degrowth Communist

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ID9199843
AuthorsBrian M Napoletano (0000-0003-1702-0959, corresponding author)
Year2024
Pages9-36
Publication date2024-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueMonthly Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0027-0520 • E-ISSN: 0027-0520
PublisherMonthly Review Foundation (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.14452/mr-076-02-2024-06_2
OpenAlexW4399265015
LanguageEN
Citations received3

Brian Napoletano considers the implications of recent work by Kohei Saito, in which Saito argues that Marx's thought progressed from early productivism to middle-stage ecosocialism, and finally to degrowth communism. Where Saito misses, Napoletano concludes, is in emphasizing Marx's supposed break between growth-oriented capitalism and degrowth-oriented communism, rather than emphasizing a human- and sustainability-oriented dialectical ecosocialism requiring a true social and political revolution

Biology · Capitalism · Communism · Degrowth · Economic history · Economic system · Economics · Keynesian economics · Neoclassical economics · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Ecology · Law · Political Economy and Marxism

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Unique citing works3
Citations per year1,5
Citation span2024 - 2026 (3)
Citation velocitycurrent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 3

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