Dialectical Materialisms, Metabolic Rifts and the Climate Crisis: A Lacanian/Hegelian Perspective

2021 ◽  
Vol 85 (4) ◽  
pp. 501-526
Author(s):  
Kai Heron
Keyword(s):  
Metabolic Rift ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Nature And Society ◽  
Climate Crisis

Metabolic rift theory has been accused of assuming an untenable ontological dualism between nature and society. In response, two of its leading advocates, John Bellamy Foster and Andreas Malm, have tried to argue that the approach is not dualist but rather rigorously realist, nonreductively naturalist, and dialectically materialist. According to Foster and Malm, metabolic rift theory is essential because it enables eco-Marxism to make an analytic distinction between nature and society while nevertheless grasping their complex interrelation. From a Lacanian and Hegelian perspective, Foster and Malm are right to preserve the dialectical distinction between nature and society but their respective accounts of this dialectic are insufficiently materialist. Foster falls into a pre-Marxian contemplative materialism. Malm hesitates between his intended realism and Kantian idealism. For metabolic rift theory to be put on a firmer materialist footing, nature must be thought along Lacanian and Hegelian lines as incomplete, thwarted, or shot through with antagonisms out of which emerge the subject and society. To put this in dialectical terms: ontologically there is only nature, out of which society and the subject emerge as an effect of nature's failure to be fully natural.

scholarly journals Concept of the development of nature and society in the works of P. Teilhard de Chardin and comparison of his views with the ideas of globalization of Z. Bauman

2021 ◽  
pp. 67-74
Author(s):  
Egor Sergeevich Shushakov
Keyword(s):  
Social Development ◽  
Modern Science ◽  
Evolutionary Development ◽  
Social Actors ◽  
Key Characteristics ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Nature And Society ◽  
Physical Phenomena ◽  
The Universe

The object of this research is the concept of evolutionary development of the universe of P. Teilhard de Chardin and the concept of “liquid” reality” of Z. Bauman. The subject is the methodology of P. Teilhard de Chardin and his idea of the future of social development, as well as Z. Bauman’s description of the key characteristics of globalization. Emphasis is placed on the methodology of P. Teilhard de Chardin (interaction of tangential and radial energies), as within the framework his concept, the social, biological and physical phenomena do not have fundamental differences and abide the general universal laws. In broad outlines, the article reconstructs the idea of P. Teilhard de Chardin on social development and the theses of Z. Bauman about the key characteristics of modern globalization. The novelty of the research lies in the attempt to present the methodology of P. Teilhard de Chardin as acceptable for modern science and highlight its predictive power; as well as in comparative analysis of the ideas of Z. Bauman and P. Teilhard de Chardin on the processes of global social integration. The following conclusions are made: both scholars advance the idea on the progressing polarization of society; 2) globalization in their works correlates with the process of individualization of social actors, and defense of own identity.

Marx’s Theory of Metabolism in the Age of Global Ecological Crisis

2020 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 3-24
Author(s):  
Kohei Saito
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Theoretical Foundation ◽  
Ecological Crisis ◽  
Metabolic Shift ◽  
Metabolic Rift ◽  
Social Metabolism ◽  
Climate Crisis ◽  
Different Levels ◽  
Radical Left

Abstract When the existing order cannot offer a solution, the solution to climate crisis must come from the radical left, and this is precisely why Karl Marx’s idea of ecosocialism is more important than ever. In this context, it is worth revisiting not only the legacy of István Mészáros’s theory of ‘social metabolism’ and that of his successors – who can be categorised as comprising the ‘metabolic rift school’, which includes John Bellamy Foster, Paul Burkett, and Brett Clark –, but also Karl Marx’s own theory of metabolism. In order to highlight the contemporary importance of Marx’s theory of metabolism after its long suppression in the twentieth century, this paper aims at classifying the three different levels of Marx’s concept of ‘metabolic rift’, which also entails clarifying three different levels of ‘metabolic shift’ as the theoretical foundation for updating Marx’s theory of postcapitalism in the age of global ecological crisis.

scholarly journals THE ROLE OF THE TEACHER IN THE APPLICATION OF INCLUSIVE TEACHING OF THE SUBJECT NATURE AND SOCIETY IN REGULAR CLASSES

2020 ◽  
pp. 169
Author(s):  
Ljiljana Mitić ◽  
Ana Drobac
Keyword(s):  
Students With Disabilities ◽  
Education For All ◽  
Access To Education ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Inclusive Teaching ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
The Right ◽  
Nature And Society ◽  
Regular Classes

The main aim of this paper is to point out the specifics of teachers' work in teaching the subject Nature and Society, using different forms of teaching, learning and assessment, which ensure equal access to education for all children in accordance with developmental and personal educational affinities, and age. The paper focuses on a teachers' need for education, expertise, knowledge and the skills necessary for inclusive teaching of the subject Nature and Society in regular classes with students with disabilities. The importance of the teachers' role in the teaching process with students with disabilities has been emphasized, in relation to their integration and inclusion into normal life. The success of an education system is reflected in attracting, and choosing the right candidates, capable people for work in the classroom, which contributes to greater and better student achievement.

scholarly journals The influence of project teaching on creativity and achievements of students in studying social contents within the subject Nature and Society

Sinteze ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 1-18
Author(s):  
Aleksandar Janković
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Teaching Method ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Convenience Sample ◽  
Project Method ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Nature And Society

Creativity represents the point in which all contradictions of contemporary social development are summed up, refracted and reflected. Therefore, the question arises: "Is school a place that does (not) encourage creativity?" Creativity, as a psychological, social and pedagogical phenomenon, has a markedly positive impact on the overall development of a child or, in case of school, a student. The project teaching method calls for the school to be open and to be more closely connected with its environment, in order to enhance the students' independence and creativity, self-initiative, responsibility, cooperativeness, ability to apply information and communication technologies as well as digital teaching tools as sources of knowledge. This article presents the project method as an element of stimulating students' creativity in teaching the subject Nature and Society, planned for the third grade of elementary school. By reviewing the relevant literature as well as by experimental research on a convenience sample of students, we have identified acceptable options and some effects of applying this method. At the same time, we have also raised a number of issues that should be addressed later in order to further stimulate the development of creativity through teaching.

scholarly journals BETWEEN POLIS AND PHYSIS: Democracy as a problem and a solution for the climate crisis

2020 ◽  
Vol 23 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carlos Alberto Seifert Jr. ◽  
Guilherme de Queiroz Stein ◽  
Alfredo Alejandro Gugliano
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Public Policies ◽  
Political Debate ◽  
Global Crisis ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Technical Documents ◽  
Climate Crisis ◽  
Fundamental Reference

Abstract The debate on climate change has begun to influence public policies through technical documents which include predictions and impacts concerning the environment, society, the economy, and culture. Within this context, research and intellectual contributions on the theme have been focussing on the development of mechanisms designed to avoid or mitigate the approaching global crisis. In this review, setting itself a little apart from these perspectives, the work of Frank Fischer is presented which, in accepting the inevitability of the crisis, adopts a line of political debate on “the place of democracy” in a context of an established global disaster. His main arguments will be highlighted, such as the authoritarian tendencies which emerge as a means of facing the crisis along with the structures and development of mechanisms for defending democracy, bringing into the discussion perspectives of eco-localism and its associated elements., Furthermore, analysis will be made of the potential and also some of the weaknesses of Fischer’s arguments. Fischer is an author who has become established as a fundamental reference for those who are involved in the subject.

REFLECTION OF THE NATURE AND COMMUNITY RELATIONIN PLACE NAMES

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 4-9
Author(s):  
Koshkar Khakimov ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Place Names ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Nature And Society

The study of the territorialaspects of the nature and society reflected in the names of places is important not only for the science of toponymy, but also for the sciences of geography. In this article toponymics which occupies an intermediate positionin the system of geographical sciences and it’s study was the subject the reflection of nature and community relation in geographic names was investigated using concrete examples

The Population “Crisis” Returns

2018 ◽  
pp. 31-48
Author(s):  
Jade S. Sasser
Keyword(s):  
International Development ◽  
Development Strategy ◽  
Population Control ◽  
High Volume ◽  
Policy History ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Population Crisis ◽  
Crisis Narratives ◽  
Climate Crisis

Chapter 1 traces through current popular framings of population as a secret or hidden issue, even as the volume of writing on the subject increases dramatically. This alternate production of secrecy and high volume writing reflects an international development strategy to restore funding for international family planning. The chapter explores this policy history, charting the twists and turns of population control and its eventual transformation into an emphasis on women’s sexual and reproductive health and rights. It closes by raising questions about the dangers of using climate crisis narratives to bring population “back” to the environmental discussion.

scholarly journals Reflection Of The Nature And Community Relation In Place Names

2020 ◽  
Vol 02 (11) ◽  
pp. 16-22
Author(s):  
Kuchkar Mahkamovich Khakimov ◽  
◽  
Meliboy Normatovich Kamolov ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Intermediate Position ◽  
Place Names ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Nature And Society

The study of the territorial aspects of the nature and society reflected in the names of places is important not only for the science of toponymy, but also for the sciences of geography. In this article toponymics which occupies an intermediate position in the system of geographical sciences and it’s study was the subject the reflection of nature and community relation in geographic names was investigated using concrete examples.

scholarly journals The Coral Is Not All Dead Yet

Daedalus ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 149 (4) ◽  
pp. 180-191
Author(s):  
Carolyn Kormann
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Natural World ◽  
Growing Up ◽  
Bearing Witness ◽  
Climate Change Science ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
Societal Impacts ◽  
Life On Earth ◽  
Climate Crisis

Reportage and essays are the first and most immediate way that citizens learn about climate change science, its causes and consequences, and the impacts that industry and consumerism have on ecosystems. For fifteen years, I have been reporting and writing stories on these topics. Growing up, I was drawn to the environment because I was fascinated by the diversity, the endless variety, of life on Earth. But early in my career, in my first reporting job for a newspaper in the Caribbean, I also saw the disastrous toll that contemporary civilization was taking on the natural world – specifically on coral reefs. And yet, the climate crisis was not widely reported as such in those days. That experience, and the dearth of mainstream climate reporting at the time, led me to seek out some of the leading thinkers on the subject, and made climate one of the central subjects of my work. Most often, in the field of journalism, the phrase “bearing witness” refers to war journalism, while my work, for years, had often felt like science translation, connection, and storytelling. But more recently, as the ecological and societal impacts of a changing climate have grown more extreme, widespread, and apparent, while greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise, climate journalism has, too, become a form of bearing witness.

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