1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910783310403321

Autore

Hughes Jonathan <1966->

Titolo

Ecology and historical materialism / / Jonathan Hughes [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2000

ISBN

1-107-11796-8

0-511-06646-5

1-280-41762-5

9786610417629

1-139-14617-3

0-511-17319-9

0-511-06015-7

0-511-31097-8

0-511-49026-7

0-511-06859-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (x, 219 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Studies in Marxism and social theory

Disciplina

577/.01

Soggetti

Ecology

Historical materialism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 208-215) and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Ecological problems: definition and evaluation -- 2. Marxism and the green Malthusians -- 3. Marxism and the ecological method -- 4. Historical materialism: locating society in nature -- 5. Development of the productive forces -- 6. Capitalism, socialism and the satisfaction of needs.

Sommario/riassunto

This book challenges the widely-held view that Marxism is unable to deal adequately with environmental problems. Jonathan Hughes considers the nature of environmental problems, and the evaluative perspectives that may be brought to bear on them. He examines Marx's critique of Malthus, his method, and his materialism, interpreting the latter as a recognition of human dependence on nature. Central to the book's argument is an interpretation of the 'development of the



productive forces' which takes account of the differing ecological impacts of different productive technologies while remaining consistent with the normative and explanatory roles that this concept plays within Marx's theory. Turning finally to Marx's vision of a society founded on the communist principle 'to each according to his needs', the author concludes that the underlying notion of human need is one whose satisfaction presupposes only a modest and ecologically feasible expansion of productive output.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910795420403321

Autore

Brennan James P. <1955->

Titolo

Argentina's missing bones : revisiting the history of the dirty war / / James P. Brennan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , [2018]

©2018

ISBN

0-520-97007-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white)

Collana

Violence in Latin American History ; ; Volume 6

Disciplina

323.490982

Soggetti

Trials (Crimes against humanity) - Argentina

Argentina History Dirty War, 1976-1983

Córdoba (Argentina) History 20th century Case studies

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previously issued in print: 2018.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Threats: Apostles of the New Order -- 2. Dictatorship: Terrorizing Córdoba -- 3. Death Camp: La Perla -- 4. Institutional Dynamics: The Third Army Corps -- 5. Transnational Dynamics: The Cold War and the War against Subversion -- 6. Five Trials: Public Reckonings of a Violent Past -- 7. Remembering: Memories of Violence and Terror -- 8. Assigning Blame: Who Was Responsible for the Dirty War? -- Epilogue -- Appendix 1 -- Appendix 2 -- Appendix 3 -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index



Sommario/riassunto

Argentina's Missing Bones is the first comprehensive English-language work of historical scholarship on the 1976-83 military dictatorship and Argentina's notorious experience with state terrorism during the so-called dirty war. It examines this history in a single but crucial place: Córdoba, Argentina's second largest city. A site of thunderous working-class and student protest prior to the dictatorship, it later became a place where state terrorism was particularly cruel. Considering the legacy of this violent period, James P. Brennan examines the role of the state in constructing a public memory of the violence and in holding those responsible accountable through the most extensive trials for crimes against humanity to take place anywhere in Latin America.