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1、ThispageintentionallyleftblankEcologyandHistoricalMaterialismThisbookchallengesthewidelyheldviewthatMarxismisunabletodealadequatelywithenvironmentalproblems.JonathanHughesconsidersthenatureofenvironmentalproblemsandtheevaluativeperspectivesthatmaybebroughttobearonthem.HeexaminesMarxscritiqueofMa

2、lthus,hismethod,andhismaterialism,interpretingthelatterasarecognitionofhumandependenceonnature.Centraltothebooksargumentisaninterpretationofthedevelopmentoftheproductiveforceswhichtakesaccountofthedifferingecologicalimpactsofdifferentproductivetechnologieswhileremainingconsistentwiththenormative

3、andexplanatoryrolesthatthisconceptplayswithinMarxstheory.TurningfinallytoMarxsvisionofasocietyfoundedonthecommunistprincipletoeachaccordingtohisneeds,theauthorconcludesthattheunderlyingnotionofhumanneedisonewhosesatisfactionpresupposesonlyamodestandeco-logicallyfeasibleexpansionofproductiveoutput

4、.jonathanhughesisResearchFellowinPhilosophyandPoliticsattheUniversityofManchester.StudiesinMarxismandSocialTheoryEditedbyg.a.cohen,johnroemeranderikolinwrightTheseriesisjointlypublishedbytheCambridgeUniversityPressandtheEditionsdelaMaisondesSciencesdelHomme,aspartofthejointpublishingagreementest

5、ab-lishedin1977betweentheFondationdelaMaisondesSciencesdelHommeandtheSyndicsoftheCambridgeUniversityPress.ThebooksintheseriesareintendedtoexemplifyanewparadigminthestudyofMarxistsocialtheory.Theywillnotbedogmaticorpurelyexegeticalinapproach.Rather,theywillexamineanddevelopthetheorypioneeredbyMar

6、x,inthelightoftheinterveninghistory,andwiththetoolsofnon-Marxistsocialscienceandphilosophy.ItishopedthatMarxistthoughtwilltherebybefreedfromtheincreasinglydiscreditedmethodsandpresuppositionswhicharestillwidelyregardedasessentialtoit,andthatwhatistrueandimportantinMarxismwillbemorefirmlyestablish

7、ed.AlsointheseriesjonelsterMakingSenseofMarxadamprzeworskiCapitalismandSocialDemocracyjohnroemer(ed.)AnalyticalMarxismjonelsterandkarlmoene(eds.)AlternativestoCapitalismmichaeltaylor(ed.)RationalityandRevolutiondonaldl.donma