Kohei Saito

The book reveals unknown aspects of Marx's vision of post-capitalism that is adequate to the Anthropocene.

Towards the Idea of Degrowth Communism

Marx in the Anthropocene

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“In the course of capitalist development, what used to be considered 'luxury-something not naturally necessary' (Grundrisse: 527) - becomes necessary. This change of appetite occurs to the working class too. By externalizing the material conditions of production, the working class in the Global North came to exploit others in the Global South, and in this way, new luxuries are adopted by the working class. This is how the 'imperial mode of living' of the capitalist centres spreads all over the society (Brand and Wissen 2021). By constantly shifting the ecological rifts and making them invisible…”

Marx in the Anthropocene Towards the Idea of Degrowth Communism

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