POLS 110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: Irreversible Process, Sustainable Development, Eco-Socialism
10 Jul 2016
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Earlier societies had closer links to landscape, were less capable of widespread damage. Early utopian socialist and/or anarchist communities often were anti- industrial. Marx"s critique of capitalist alienation from nature. But primarily contemporary environmentalism a response to recognition of the impact humans are now able to have on the environment. Intergovernmental panel on climate change report 95 percent certain that human activity is causing global warming - likelihood of dramatic impact: starvation, poverty, flooding, storms, heat waves, drought, disease, war, violence. Climate change seems to be most prominent now, but the list of concerns also includes: Pollution: air, water, land (also light, noise, space) Concern that the views expressed arise from leftist (socialist, anarchist) ideologies. View for example that the earth"s summit"s agenda 21 was an attempt to change all values, to rule the world. This view prevalent because it doesn"t challenge contemporary political culture because it relies on individual initiatives. Confidence in individual, voluntary technological and market solutions.
