Climate change and the role of ecosocialiststhe abandonment of geological voluntarism

Resumo

The article sets out the difficult task of performing a rigorous internal critique. Given the available knowledge about climatechange, the Marxist tradition has been deeply reluctant to sound the alarm of existential threat. This paralysis translates intothe reproduction of a pulverized, inflexible, and unambitious praxis that is satisfied with partial successes and smallbreakthroughs. I argue throughout the text that even this modest conception of “partial success” or “small breakthroughs”is unsustainable considering the overall picture of the climate challenges facing humanity. To construct the reasoning, Iestablish three points of dialogue with my fellow ecosocialists: (i) the spontaneously emancipatory and ecological leaningof popular struggles; (ii) the transformative potential of systematic accumulation of small advances and reforms; and (iii)the possibility to buy “time” through small advances and reforms. Finally, the fourth section addresses the danger of thedemobilizing effect in the face of the explicit knowledge that ongoing climate change will dramatically affect humankindin the coming decades.

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Tipo

Artigo científico

Ano

2021

Instituição

Universidade Estadual de Campinas

Fonte

Economia e Sociedade

Idioma

Português

Acesso

Não informado

Identificador

oai:ojs.periodicos.sbu.unicamp.br:article/8665615

Licença

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0

Abrangência

Brazil, Contemporary; Brasil, Contemporáneo; Brasil; Contemporâneo,

Temas

Meio Ambiente

Palavras-chave

Climate change, Ecosocialism, ReformMudanças climáticas, Ecossocialismo, Reformas