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Environment and society - A theoretical overview- special reference to eco Marxism

By: BInu, K.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: South Asian Journal of Socio-Political Studies Description: 23(1), Jul-Dec, 2022: p.86-89. In: South Asian Journal of Socio-Political StudiesSummary: Environmental sociology deals with social, cultural, and ecological areas of human life. This area of research is very useful for the development of environmental polices and the process of equitable development of a nation .It also helps to cultivate environmental awareness and a new sociological outlook to the learners and administrators. This study is an attempt to understand various epistemological views related to the interrelationships between sociology and environment but mainly focuses on the eco- Marxism. As a new theoretical outlook Eco Marxism explores the interaction between people and environment with the motive of maximization of profit and the intuition of exploitation of nature and natural recourses . In modern times the effect of unlimitedness in human motives and the crises of technological domination converts human in to more utilitarian towards nature. It reflects all sorts of envoi mental crises and ecological problems in the modern society. Eco Marxism as the central concern of this paper highlights the inherent social division in the society on the basis of the possession of wealth and material and how it leads to fundamental reason of ecological crisis and issues. Overexploitation of the nature and material resources for economic and developmental purposes results the condition of the alienation of people from the harsh realities of life. This study also discusses the alienation of alienation of people within the framework of modern industrial and socio cultural transactions.- Reproduced
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Environmental sociology deals with social, cultural, and ecological areas of human life. This area of research is very useful for the development of environmental polices and the process of equitable development of a nation .It also helps to cultivate environmental awareness and a new sociological outlook to the learners and administrators. This study is an attempt to understand various epistemological views related to the interrelationships between sociology and environment but mainly focuses on the eco- Marxism. As a new theoretical outlook Eco Marxism explores the interaction between people and environment with the motive of maximization of profit and the intuition of exploitation of nature and natural recourses . In modern times the effect of unlimitedness in human motives and the crises of technological domination converts human in to more utilitarian towards nature. It reflects all sorts of envoi mental crises and ecological problems in the modern society. Eco Marxism as the central concern of this paper highlights the inherent social division in the society on the basis of the possession of wealth and material and how it leads to fundamental reason of ecological crisis and issues. Overexploitation of the nature and material resources for economic and developmental purposes results the condition of the alienation of people from the harsh realities of life. This study also discusses the alienation of alienation of people within the framework of modern industrial and socio cultural transactions.- Reproduced

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