Get 20M+ Full-Text Papers For Less Than $1.50/day. Start a 14-Day Trial for You or Your Team.

Learn More →

Anti-Prometheus, Post-Marx

Anti-Prometheus, Post-Marx The Greens are a diverse phenomenon embracing various theories and practices, but there is a widespread view that Karl Marx embraced economic gigantism and megatechnology, for which writers of many persuasions since the mid-1950s have deployed the symbol of Prometheus. As used by critics, the charge of Prometheanism helps dissuade those committed to radical democracy and ecology from considering Marx for themselves. The myth of Prometheus is sometimes used to distinguish Marx from those in his century who are known to have criticized the domination of nature, especially the romantic poets and artists. Some critics think it is important to construct a Green theory that is free from left traditions, invoking as an alternative John Ruskin, Percy Bysshe Shelley, and William Morris. This article reconstructs the meanings of the Prometheus saga, challenges the distortion of Marx, and asserts his continuity with a tradition of human liberation and defense of nature. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Organization & Environment SAGE

Anti-Prometheus, Post-Marx

Sheasby, Walt
Organization & Environment , Volume 12 (1): 40 – Mar 1, 1999
Download PDF
40 pages

Loading next page...
 
/lp/sage/anti-prometheus-post-marx-4Cpp03ycU1

References (2)

Publisher
SAGE
Copyright
Copyright © by SAGE Publications
ISSN
1086-0266
eISSN
1552-7417
DOI
10.1177/1086026699121001
Publisher site
See Article on Publisher Site

Abstract

The Greens are a diverse phenomenon embracing various theories and practices, but there is a widespread view that Karl Marx embraced economic gigantism and megatechnology, for which writers of many persuasions since the mid-1950s have deployed the symbol of Prometheus. As used by critics, the charge of Prometheanism helps dissuade those committed to radical democracy and ecology from considering Marx for themselves. The myth of Prometheus is sometimes used to distinguish Marx from those in his century who are known to have criticized the domination of nature, especially the romantic poets and artists. Some critics think it is important to construct a Green theory that is free from left traditions, invoking as an alternative John Ruskin, Percy Bysshe Shelley, and William Morris. This article reconstructs the meanings of the Prometheus saga, challenges the distortion of Marx, and asserts his continuity with a tradition of human liberation and defense of nature.

Journal

Organization & Environment – SAGE

Published: Mar 1, 1999

There are no references for this article.