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Capitalism, Democracy, and Ecology:

Departing from Marx
  • ISBN-13: 9780252067297
  • Publisher: UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS PRESS
    Imprint: UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS PRESS
  • By Timothy W. Luke
  • Price: AUD $71.99
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  • Local release date: 16/03/1999
  • Format: Paperback 272 pages Weight: 0g
  • Categories: Sociology [JHB]
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The world that was revolutionized by industrialization is being remade by the information revolution. But this is mostly a revolution from above, increasingly shaped by a new class of technocrats, experts, and professionals in the service of corporate capitalism.Using Marx as a touchstone, Timothy W. Luke warns that if communities are not to be overwhelmed by new class economic and political agendas, then the practice of democracy must be reconstituted on a more populist basis. However, the galvanizing force for this new, more community-centered populism will not be the proletariat, as Marx predicted, nor contemporary militant patriotic groups. Rather, Luke argues that many groups unified by a concern for ecological justice present the strongest potential opposition to capitalism.Wide-ranging and lucid, Capitalism, Democracy, and Ecology is essential reading in the age of information.''Challenging and provocative.'' -- Robert Holsworth, coauthor of Affirmative Action and the Stalled Quest for Black Progress
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