Marx in the Anthropocene: Towards the Idea of Degrowth Communism
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- Create Date：2023-01-23 09:20:45
- Update Date：2025-09-08
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- Author：Kohei Saito
- ISBN：1009366181
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Reviews
Noritaka Hara
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There are some interesting ideas in the book， but too many logic jumps/flaws， and unexplained nor tested superficial concepts - so not up to any hype （in my opinion）。 Basic his idea is that capitalism is the source of climate change， and most of the current measures against it （like a green new deal， SGDs， etc） are built on capitalism and thus will not solve the issue （nothing new）。 Capitalism externalizes cost and creates scarcity to make more money， thus creating inequality （like what Piketty There are some interesting ideas in the book， but too many logic jumps/flaws， and unexplained nor tested superficial concepts - so not up to any hype （in my opinion）。 Basic his idea is that capitalism is the source of climate change， and most of the current measures against it （like a green new deal， SGDs， etc） are built on capitalism and thus will not solve the issue （nothing new）。 Capitalism externalizes cost and creates scarcity to make more money， thus creating inequality （like what Piketty said）。 Since current election-based democracy is controlled by capital， democracy has to change。 To solve this， he cited de-growth communism， which is an idea of Marx late in life。 It basically aims at equality with distributed power based on abundance through commons。 Commons is like a coop or association which is owned and run by producers （like Spain has） and produces "essential products"， and bullshit jobs which create unnecessary products to make money will disappear。Many of his arguments are very weak and not thorough， and lack concreteness （he cites many foreign researchers and cases， which is sadly typical tactics to convince the Japanese audience）。 He thinks capitalism is the sole fuel/force that drives people to seek endless consumption。 But I think it could be the opposite - capitalism is just a engine run also by some essential human desire， being currently expressed as endless consumption。 Thus， without taking into account that， just replacing current system based on capitalism （aside from its feasibility） with his hypothetical de-growth communism does not seem plausible path especially for addressing climate change。 。。。more
Miyu
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長い積読期間を経てやっと読み終わった記念。「価値と使用価値の乖離」「過度な分業化による個人の無力化」確かに今のシステムには不思議に恐ろしい点が多い
Baasan
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