The political ecology of the global crisis and the limits of benevolent capitalism
While the current global crisis is changing the balance and intensity of the pressure on South America’s ecosystems, development strategies based on the intense appropriation of natural resources, an insertion in the global market based on primary resources and the externalization of environmental i...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2010 |
| País: | Ecuador |
| Institución: | Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales |
| Repositorio: | Revista ICONOS |
| Idioma: | español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:iconos.flacsoandes.edu.ec:article/391 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://iconos.flacsoandes.edu.ec/index.php/iconos/article/view/391 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | environmental impacts global crisis capitalism anthropocentrism biocentrism impactos ambientales crisis global capitalismo antropocentrismo biocentrismo |
| Sumario: | While the current global crisis is changing the balance and intensity of the pressure on South America’s ecosystems, development strategies based on the intense appropriation of natural resources, an insertion in the global market based on primary resources and the externalization of environmental impacts persist. First, the effects of the crisis were denied or minimized (with an appeal to images such as the uncoupling or shielding of economies), and now that they have been recognized, a “repair” or “reform” of capitalism has been proposed while maintaining its essence. This expresses an ideological base characterized, among other aspects, by anthropocentrism and faith in material progress. The environmental dimension is assumed merely as an instrumental adjustment that results in generating the illusion of a benevolent capitalism, which is defended even by progressive South American governments. |
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