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1、TheDialecticofSocialandEcologicalMetabolism:Marx,Me´sza´ros,andtheAbsoluteLimitsofCapitalBrettClarkandJohnBellamyFosterOneofthemostremarkableaspectsofMarxistscholarshipinrecentdecadeshasbeentherecoveryanddevelopmentofMarxsargu-mentonsocialandecologicalmetabolism,w
2、hichwascrucialtohiscritiqueofpoliticaleconomy.Marxdefinedthelaborprocessitselfinmetabolicterms.AshewroteinCapital:Labouris...aprocessbetweenmanandnature,aprocessbywhichman...mediates,regu-1latesandcontrolsthemetabolismbetweenhimselfandnature.Suchaconceptionwastwo-s
3、ided.Itcapturedboththesocialcharacteroflabor,associatedwithsuchmetabolicreproduction,anditsecologicalcharacter,requiringacontinuing,dialecticalrelationtonature.ThecentralityoftheconceptofmetabolisminMarxsthoughthasbeenrecognizedforalongtime,thoughitsfullsignificanc
4、ehasrarelybeengraspeduntilrecently.Forexample,inthe1920s,Luka´csempha-sizedthemetabolicinteractionwithnaturethroughlaborasakeytoMarxsdialecticofnatureandsociety.Hedidnot,however,goany2further.Present-dayattentiontothisthemehasdevelopedmainlyalongtwolines:(1)Luka´c
5、ssyoungercolleagueIstva´nMe´sza´rossanalysisofcapitalasahistoricallyspecificsystemofsocialmetabolicDownloadedBy:[UniversityofCalifornia,Berkeley]At:21:0320September2010reproduction,and(2)theworkofthepresentauthorsandotherswhohavebuiltonMarxsnotionofametabolicriftin
6、therelation3betweennatureandsociety.ThesetwostrandsofMarxistanalysis1.KarlMarx,Capital,vol.1(NewYork:Vintage,1976),283.2.GeorgLuka´cs,ADefenseofHistoryandClassConsciousness:TailismandtheDialectic(London:Verso,2000),96.SeealsoJohnBellamyFoster,TheDialecticsofNature
7、andMarxistEcology,inBertellOllmanandTonySmith,eds.,DialecticsfortheNewCentury(NewYork:PalgraveMacmillan,2008),5082.3.Seethefollowingforimportantdiscussionsandapplicationsofmetabolicanalysis:PaulBurkett,MarxandNature(NewYork:St.MartinsPress,1999);BrettClarkandSocia
8、lismandDemocracy,Vol.24,No.2,July2010,pp.124138ISSN0885-4300print/ISSN1745-2635onlineDOI:10.1080/08854300.2010.481447#2010TheResearchGrouponSocialismand
