Synopses & Reviews
Praise for On Changing the World:
"His collection of essays, combining scholarship with passion, impresses by its sweep and scope."—Daniel Singer
Ecosocialists believe that the prevention of an unprecedented ecological catastrophe and the preservation of a natural environment favorable to human life are incompatible with the expansive and destructive logic of the capitalist system. The present collection of articles explores some of the main ecosocialist proposals and some concrete experiences of struggle, particularly in Latin America.
Michael Löwy is emerit Research Director at the CNRS (National Center for Scientific Research). His books have been translated into twenty-nine languages.
Review
Praise for On Changing the World:"His collection of essays, combining scholarship with passion, impresses by its sweep and scope."
Daniel Singer, author, Prelude to Revolution
"Michael Löwy is unquestionably a tremendous figure in the decades-long attempt to recover an authentic revolutionary tradition from the wreckage of Stalinism, and these essays are very often powerful examples of this process."
Dominic Alexander, Counterfire
Synopsis
This book proposes that socialism is the only path to a sustainable environment.
Synopsis
Revolutionary ideas and strategies to save the planet.
Synopsis
Capitalism is killing the planet, and the preservation of a natural environment favorable to human life requires a radical alternative. In this new collection of essays, long time revolutionary and environmental activist Michael Löwy offers a vision of ecosocialist transformation. This vision combines an understanding of the destructive logic of the capitalist system with an appreciation for ongoing struggles, particularly in Latin America.
About the Author
Michael Löwy is emerit Research Director at the CNRS (National Center for Scientific Research). His books and articles have been translated into 29 languages. Among his many publications: Romanticism Against the Current of Modernity (with Robert Sayre), Reading Walter Benjamins On the concept of history
Table of Contents
Preface : Before the Flood
1) What is ecosocialism ?
2) Ecosocialism and Democratic Planning
3) Ecology and advertisement
4) Chico Mendes and the Brazilian struggle for the Amazonian forest
5) Eco-social struggles of indigenous peoples in Latin America