Capitalocene
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An eco-Marxist counter-concept to the 'Anthropocene,' arguing that the root cause of climate crisis and ecological destruction is not an abstract 'humanity' but capitalism as a world-historical system driven by the logic of endless accumulation. First coined by Andreas Malm in 2009 and developed by Jason W. Moore, Donna Haraway, and others. Moore traces the Capitalocene's onset to the rise of the capitalist world-ecology around 1450; Malm locates it in the ascendancy of fossil capital after 1830.
Sources
- Wikipedia (EN) comprehensive overview of the concept's origins, Malm vs. Moore periodization debates, and criticisms
- pmpress.org Anthropocene or Capitalocene? Nature, History, and the Crisis of Capitalism (PM Press, 2016), the foundational edited volume
- jasonwmoore.com Jason W. Moore's official page confirming his position at Binghamton University and his key publications on the Capitalocene