Srsly Wrong 219 – Social Ecology & the Critique of Hierarchy (Pt 1)
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Oct 2, 2020 This episode of the podcast delves into social ecology and the critique of hierarchy. It explores topics such as Hegel's dialectics and Marx's dialectics, the concept of dominance disputes in nature, the connection between capitalism and the climate crisis, and the urgent need to address the ecological crisis. The episode also touches on the dystopian future created by organizations providing escape from climate change effects, and the desire for socially just ecological societies.
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Bookchin's Journey From Stalinism To Social Ecology
- Murray Bookchin's political journey shaped social ecology from Stalinist roots to anti-hierarchical synthesis.
- He moved from Communist Party activism to Trotskyism, factory organizing, then integrated ecology and anarchism into 'social ecology'.
Environmental Crisis Is A Social Crisis
- Social ecology links interpersonal domination to environmental destruction and treats the ecological crisis as a social crisis.
- Speakers explain Bookchin's core claim that hierarchical attitudes toward people transferred to nature, enabling exploitation under capitalism.
Create Municipal Direct Democracy And Confederations
- Build directly democratic municipal assemblies and confederations to replace top-down institutions and reclaim control over production and environment.
- Speakers recommend mutual aid, cooperative economics, and confederated local assemblies as practical institutional steps.
