Leftist Reading: Post-Scarcity Anarchism Part 4

Episode 124:This week we’re continuing with Post-Scarcity Anarchism by Murray Bookchin.You can find the book here:https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/murray-bookchin-post-scarcity-anarchism-book[Part 1 - 3]Post-Scarcity AnarchismEcology and Revolutionary Thought-The Critical Nature of Ecology-Diversity and Simplicity[Part 4 - This Week]Ecology and Revolutionary Thought-The Reconstructive Nature of Ecology - 0:35[Part 5 - 8]Towards a Liberatory Technology[Part 9 - 11]The Forms of Freedom[Part 12 - 16]Listen, Marxist!Footnotes:20) 8:53Rudd’s use of the word “manipulation” is likely to create the erroneous impression that an ecological situation can be described by simple mechanical terms. Lest this impression arise, I would like to emphasize that our knowledge of an ecological situation and the practical use of this knowledge are matters of insight rather than power. Charles Elton states the case for the management of an ecological situation when he writes: “The world’s future has to be managed, but this management would not be like a game of chess ... [but] more like steering a boat.” Citations:9) 9:26Robert L. Rudd, “Pesticides: The Real Peril,” The Nation, vol. 189 (1959), p. 401. 10) 22:10E. A. Gutkind, The Twilight of Cities (Free Press; Glencoe, N.Y., 1962), pp. 55–144. 11) 33:41H. D. F. Kitto, The Greeks (Aldine; Chicago, 1951), p. 16.