Capitalism and environmental collapse

Capitalism and environmental collapse / Luiz Marques.

This book intends to be an alert to the fact that the curve measuring environmental costs against the economic benefits of capitalism has irreversibly entered into a negative phase. The prospect of an environmental collapse has been evidenced by the sciences and the humanities since the 1960s. Today...

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Main Author: Marques, Luiz C. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Portuguese
Published: Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2020]
Edition:English edition.
Subjects:
Environmental degradation.
Capitalism > Environmental aspects.
Climate change.
Environmental economics.
General & world history.
Society & social sciences.
Science > Environmental Science.
Business & Economics > Economics > General.
History > World.
Social Science > General.
Capitalism > Environmental aspects
Environmental degradation
Online Access:Click for online access
Uniform Title:Capitalismo e colapso ambiental.
Table of Contents:
  • Part I: The Convergence of Environmental Crises
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Decrease and Degradation of Forests
  • 3. Water and Soil
  • 4. Waste and Industrial Intoxication
  • 5. Fossil fuels
  • 6. The Regression to Coal
  • 7. Climate emergency
  • 8. Climate Feedbacks and Tipping Points
  • 9. Demography and Democracy
  • 10. Collapse of Terrestrial Biodiversity
  • 11. Collapse of Biodiversity in the Aquatic Environment
  • 12. Genesis of the Idea of the Anthropocene and the New Man-Nature Relationship
  • Part II: Three Concentric Illusions
  • 13. The Illusion of a Sustainable Capitalism
  • 14. More Surplus = Less Security
  • 15. The Anthropocentric Illusion
  • 16. Conclusion: From the Social Contract to the Natural Contract.

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