Contents 1. Introduction 2. Why the Soviet Model of 'Socialism' Failed (1): Limits to growth and ecological degradation 3. Why the Soviet Model of 'Socialism' Failed (2): The new class and the moral degeneration of 'socialist' society 4. The Natural Resource Base of an Economy: Illusions and Realities 5. Eco-Capitalism: Can It Work? 6. The Alternative: A 'Third Way', or Eco-Socialism? 7. What about Progress?
This synoptic work explores some of the most important questions facing humanity in the coming generations. A feature is the author's holistic treatment of the environment and social justice as inescapably related questions, leading him to look at a fundamentally different notion of progress.
Saral Sarkar is a is a journalist and political activist living in Germany. His latest book is The Crises of Capitalism: A Different Study of Political Economy (2012).
A very important book for those concerned with whether or not it is
possible to fuse the radical ecology and the socialist movements.
Sarkar believes it is possible, providing socialism is prepared to
redefine itself and learn ‘the ecological lesson‘ from the radical
ecology movement. I highly recommend this book for its ecological
critique of all forms of socialism, its critique of green politics,
and its insightful examination of traditional cultures and what can
be learnt from them.‘
*David Orton, Green Web environmental research group, Nova Scotia,
Canada.*
A radical view which will help serious and badly needed questioning
of the economic and ecological paradigms.
*Gerrit Huizer, Catholic University of Nijmegen*
The author offers an austere brand of ecosocialism which
ecosocialists need to take seriously.
*James O‘Connor, founding editor of Capitalism, Nature,
Socialism*
Sarkar draws lessons from the failures of capitalist and socialist
industrialism as well as ecological lessons from the South to make
a convincing case for eco-socialism.
*Mary Mellor, University of Northumbria*
The supposedly beneficial hand of the world market has shown itself
to be a brutal boot, stamping on local economies and environments
alike. But there is no going back to the discredited model of
Soviet-style socialism. Saral Sarkar‘s new study shows that there
is a genuine third way, one which embraces an awareness of
ecological limits within a framework of social solidarity, a vision
truly worthy of the new millenium.
*Sandy Irvine, The Ecologist*
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