A Social Ecology of Capital by ?ric Pineault (English) Paperback Book

Description: A Social Ecology of Capital by Éric Pineault An original theory of contemporary capitalist growth and its socio-ecological contradictions FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description A timely and urgent analysis which seeks to comprehend our ecological plight through an elucidation of monopoly capital - Gareth Dale, Reader in Political Economy, Brunel UniversityCapital is pushing into motion ever larger global material flows. In doing so it has come to depend on massive expenditures of energy, putting to work fossil fuels and the machines they animate to transform the world, accumulate power and grow the economy. The ecological relations and crises of todays societies are driven by the processes of extraction of the elements that come together as a throughput of material and energy flows controlled by capital and shaped by its imperative of valorization.In A Social Ecology of Capital, Eric Pineault proposes an original model of the fossil social metabolism that has sustained the growth of advanced capitalism in the last century.Drawing on ecological economics and critical political economy, the book analyses how the social structures of accumulation, production, consumption and waste determine and regulate the material flow and the accumulation of material artifacts. Showing how social relations shape the ecology of capital, the book highlights the contradictions humanity now faces. Author Biography Éric Pineault is a Professor in the Department of Sociology and the Institute of Environmental Sciences at the Université du Québec à Montréal. His research focuses on financial institutions, extractive economies, the issue of ecological transition and degrowth as well as the general macroeconomic and social transformations of advanced capitalism. Table of Contents Introduction1. The Material Flow2. Natures Work: The Ecology of the Material Flow3. Metabolic Regimes in a Historical Perspective4. Fossil Based Industrial Metabolism5. On Capitalist Metabolism6. Accumulation and Social Metabolism in the Great Capitalist Acceleration Conclusion: Emancipation amid the Ruins of Fossil Metabolism Review A remarkably insightful analysis of the complex interface between capital and nature. This is indispensable reading for scholars, students and activists -- William Carroll, Professor of Sociology, University of Victoria, CanadaA Social Ecology of Capital is essential reading for all interested in ecological crises, limits to growth, and alternatives. Its materialist-feminist analysis of growth as biophysical expansion and accumulation presents a much-needed foundation for understanding our current predicament -- Matthias Schmelzer, author of The Hegemony of GrowthIn systematically illuminating the material flows and constraints of fossil-fuelled capitalism, Pineault has compiled a useful guide to social metabolism for Marxists. He shows that, to understand our global ecological predicament, we must go beyond Marx in establishing a materialist social science -- Alf Hornborg, Professor Emeritus of Human Ecology, Lund University and author of The Magic of Technology: The Machine as a Transformation of SlaveryA timely and urgent analysis which seeks to comprehend our ecological plight through an elucidation of monopoly capital -- Gareth Dale, Reader in Political Economy, Brunel University, UKSocial ecology is further developed by Éric Pineault with this fascinating theoretical and empirical study. He shows how capital as a social relation exercises its domination - and how contested this is. A must read for scholars, students, activists, progressive politicians and the interested public! -- Ulrich Brand, University of Vienna, co-author of the book The Imperial Mode of Living. Everyday Life and the Ecological Crisis of CapitalismEric Pineaults book is a true Capital in the 21st Century. One where ecology matters -- Giorgos Kallis, ICREA Professor, ICTA-UAB.Applying biophysical accounting methods from social ecology, Pineault analyses the metabolism of capitalism. It provides important lessons for scholars and activists about the root causes of ongoing environmental crises and the need for an encompassing social ecological transformation -- Christoph Görg, Institute of Social Ecology, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria Long Description Capital is pushing into motion ever larger global material flows. In doing so it has come to depend on massive expenditures of energy, putting to work fossil fuels and the machines they animate to transform the world, accumulate power and grow the economy. The ecological relations and crises of todays societies are driven by the processes of extraction of the elements that come together as a throughput of material and energy flows controlled by capital and shaped by its imperative of valorization. In A Social Ecology of Capital, Review Quote With A Social Ecology of Capital, Eric Pineault provides a remarkably insightful analysis of the complex interface between capital and nature. This is indispensable reading for scholars, students and activists. William Carroll, Professor of Sociology, University of Victoria, Canada Details ISBN0745343775 Pages 176 Publisher Pluto Press Language English ISBN-10 0745343775 ISBN-13 9780745343778 Format Paperback Imprint Pluto Press Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Year 2023 Publication Date 2023-02-20 AU Release Date 2023-02-20 NZ Release Date 2023-02-20 UK Release Date 2023-02-20 Illustrations 25 Figures Author Éric Pineault DEWEY 306.3 Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:140196100;

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