Capital in the Anthropocene

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Capital in the Anthropocene (Japanese: 人新世の「資本論」, romanized: Hito Shinsei no "Shihon-ron") is a 2020 non-fiction book by Japanese academic Kohei Saito. Drawing from writings on ecology and natural science by Karl Marx, the book presents a Marxist argument for degrowth as a means of mitigating climate change. Capital in the Anthropocene was an unexpected commercial success in Japan, selling over half a million copies.

2 editions

Subjects

  • capitalism
  • degrowth
  • environmentalism
  • Marxism