TY - JOUR
AU - Bernow, Stephen S.
AB - Rethinking MARXISM Volume 4, Number 1 (Spring 1991) Ecology and Marxism: Are Green and Red Complementary? Paul D. Raskin and Stephen S. Bernow Marxism is currently under intense reexamination. Social movements based on race, gender, cultural survival, and local control have raised fundamental theoretic- al and political questions. At the same time, movements have rapidly grown to combat the destruction of local and global natural environments. This essay focuses on the issues raised for Marxism by the environmental movements and realities of the late twentieth century. It aims to establishthe need for an ecological interrogation of Marxist theory, to introduce a framework for such a critique, and to raise fundamental questions that must be addressed. Environmental Risk Mounting evidence suggests that contemporary perturbations of natural pro- cesses and the degradation of air, land, and water resource systems risk more intense and complex consequences than previously realized. The scale and rapidity of change as well as the massive introduction of novel chemical and biological products are unprecedented. While the causes and consequences of environmental impacts are specific to particular locations and socioeconomic circumstances, all areas-industrialized and developing countries, market and planned economies, urban and rural settings-are increasingly affected. Pollution and 
TI - Ecology and Marxism: Are Green and Red Complementary?
JF - Rethinking Marxism
DO - 10.1080/08935699108657955
DA - 1991-03-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/taylor-francis/ecology-and-marxism-are-green-and-red-complementary-9ubvEU3G1j
SP - 87
EP - 103
VL - 4
IS - 1
DP - DeepDyve
ER -