@article{940791,
      recid = {940791},
      author = {Marques, Luiz C.,},
      title = {Capitalism and environmental collapse /},
      pages = {1 online resource},
      abstract = {This book intends to be an alert to the fact that the  curve measuring environmental costs against the economic  benefits of capitalism has irreversibly entered into a  negative phase. The prospect of an environmental collapse  has been evidenced by the sciences and the humanities since  the 1960s. Today, it imposes its urgency. This collapse  differs from past civilizations in that it is neither local  nor just civilizational. It is global and occurs at the  broadest level of the biosphere, accelerated by the  convergence of different socio-environmental crises, such  as: Earth energy imbalance, climate change and global  warming Sea-level rise Decrease and degradation of forests  Collapse of terrestrial and aquatic biodiversity Floods,  droughts, wildfires, and extreme weather events Degradation  of soils and water resources Increase in pollution caused  by fossil fuels and coal Increase in waste production and  industrial intoxication The book is divided in two parts.  In the first part it presents a comprehensive review of  scientific data to show the already visible effects of each  of the different environmental crises and its consequences  to human life on Earth. In the second part, Luiz Marques  critically discusses what he calls the three concentric  illusions that prevent us from realizing the gravity of the  current socio-environmental crises: the illusion of a  sustainable capitalism, the illusion that economic growth  is still capable of providing more well-being and the  anthropocentric illusion. Finally, Marques argues that  "fitting" back into the biosphere will only be possible if  we dismantle the expansive socioeconomic gear that has  shaped our societies since the 16th century by moving from  a Social Contract to a Natural Contract, which takes into  account the whole biosphere. According to him, the future  society will be post-capitalist or it will not be a complex  society, and even perhaps, we must fear, no society at  all.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/940791},
}