WORLD WORLDWIDE FRANCE News Journal Update - (en) France, UCL AL #337 - Culture, Read: Patrick Chastenet, "The libertarian roots of ecology" (ca, de, fr, it, pt, tr)[machine translation]

 Take libertarian roots, for a plural reflection on the future of man and nature,

two very sympathetic invitations to the opposite of current political speeches
which water us with terminology borrowed from ecology to better adapt to now
unavoidable issues. Resilience is the latest emanation of a greening of
capitalism, to better digest mold. ---- With a quote, the author announces the
color from the start: "Continuing to think only in terms of green growth,
sustainable development or even ecological transition leads to an impasse. The
author invites us to travel between ecologism and anarchism, in the company of
five of the most important authors : Reclus, Ellul, Charbonneau, Illich and
Bookchin. What a journey where the links between anarchism and environmentalism
are tied and undone over the course of the evolutions of these thinkers and the
surrounding world. So many requests to explore these libertarian roots that
irrigate political ecology.

This book is rich in thoughts and issues that we all share: concept of progress,
questions about the technical system, globalization, decline. Multiple and
diverse observations on the urgency of the ecological question; so many subjects
that call for continuing the work of theoretical clearing of these precursors.

Bookchin invites us to "anchor ecology in libertarian anti-capitalism". The
libertarian spirit must breathe again on an environmentalism, often mired in
political calculations. For Bookchin, "The solutions will be commensurate with
the problem, or else nature will take a terrible vengeance on humanity. Young
people are right to show their impatience, as the author reminds us. We have
wasted too much time.

Dominique Sureau (UCL Angers)

Patrick Chastenet, The Libertarian Roots of Political Ecology, Editions de
l'Échappée, 320 pages, 20 euros.

https://www.unioncommunistelibertaire.org/?Lire-Patrick-Chastenet-Les-racines-libertaires-de-l-ecologie
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