Capitalism in the Anthropocene : ecological ruin or ecological revolution / John Bellamy Foster.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Marx and the rift in the universal metabolism of nature -- The great capitalist climacteric -- The anthropocene crisis -- Crossing the river of fire -- The fossil fuels war -- Making war on the planet -- Nature -- Third nature -- Weber and the environment -- The theory of unequal ecological exchange -- Marxism in the anthropocene -- Marxism and the dialectics of ecology -- Engels's Dialectics of nature in the anthropocene -- Late Soviet ecology -- The return of nature and Marx's Ecology -- Capitalism and degrowth: an impossibility theorem -- The ecology of Marxian political economy -- On fire this time -- COVID-19 and catastrophe capitalism -- Ecological catastrophe or ecological civilization -- The capitalinian: the first geological age of the anthropocene -- Conclusion: ecology and the future of history.

"In this comprehensive study, John Bellamy Foster tells us that a globalized system of capital accumulation has induced humanity to foul its own nest. The result is a planetary emergency that threatens all present and future generations, throwing into question the continuation of civilization and ultimately the very survival of humanity itself. Only by addressing the social aspects of the current planetary emergency, exploring the theoretical, historical, and practical dimensions of the capitalism's alteration of the planetary environment, is it possible to develop the ecological and social resources for a new journey of hope"-- Provided by publisher.