Since the publication of his earlier book, Karl Marx’s Ecosocialism, Kohei Saito has become one of the most influential contemporary Marxist academics, with an important focus on political ecology. Marx in the Anthropocene, the focus work of this reading group section, is his newest book. The book uncovers the less known and only recently published ecological aspects that underpin Marx’s critique of the capitalist political economy and confronts them with other strands of contemporary Marxist scholarship. Saito argues that these new insights open space for a rejoinder between Degrowth and Communism.

Reading: Marx in the Anthropocene, by Kohei Saito
Coordinator: Jonas Van Vossole

This event is part of the Political Ecology Reading Group series 2024 of the Oficina de Ecologia e Sociedade (CES). If you wish to receive a copy of the papers, please register here