Presented By: Science for the People
Minds, Markets, and Machines: Capitalist Praxis and the Origin of Planetary Crisis
Jason Moore, PhD - Binghamton University
The rise of capitalism after 1450 marked a turning point in the history of humanity’s relation with the rest of nature. It was greater than any watershed since the rise of agriculture and the first cities. And in relational terms, it was greater than the rise of the steam engine. These historical questions have assumed new salience in an era of runaway global warming and the Anthropocene narrative, which seeks to explain the origins and prime movers behind such deepening planetary instability. In this talk, environmental historian Jason W. Moore explains why and how the early modern origins of capitalism – understood as a world-ecology of power, capital, and nature – have shaped the crises of the 21st century.
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