Defending the Earth brings together two of the main protagonists in the heated deep vs. social ecology debate: eco-philosopher Murray Bookchin and Earth First founder Dave Foreman. Bookchin and Foreman seek common ground and cooperatively explore their differing, though often overlapping, perspecti[...]
Many similarities exist between the new movements against austerity that have emerged since 2011, ranging from Taksim Square in Turkey to the Chilean student protests, and from Greece to NYC. One of them is their return to the principles of direct democracy and their organization around popular asse[...]
In this series of essays, Murray Bookchin balances his ecological and anarchist vision with the promising opportunities of a "post-scarcity" era. Technological advances during the 20th century have expanded production in the pursuit of corporate profit at the expense of human need and ecological sus[...]
"The very notion of the domination of nature by man stems from the very real domination of human by human." With this succinct formulation, Murray Bookchin launches his most ambitious work, "The Ecology of Freedom. An engaging and extremely readable book of breathtaking scope, its inspired synthesis[...]
Denne boken stiller, og forsøker å besvare, en rekke viktige spørsmål: Skal vår fremtid preges av markedsøkonomi eller moralsk økonomi? Skal den preges av konkurranse og hierarki eller samarbeid og gjensidig hjelp? Skal den preges av nasjonalisme og stater eller humanisme og kommuner? Skal de[...]