Climate and the New Materialisms

Hannes Bergthaller

doi:10.1017/9781108669573.022

Climate and the New Materialisms

Hannes Bergthaller^*

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Abstract

The crisis of anthropogenic climate change is made worse by the hegemony of neoliberal, free-market economic orthodoxy. Almost everywhere the idea of “the market” reigns supreme, like an angry god demanding constant deference and tribute. The essential problem is this: Neoliberalism is hostile to the idea of economic planning and redistribution; it maintains that the market is largely self-regulating, but adapting to and mitigating the worst of climate change will require robust and active states.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Climate and American Literature
Publisher	Cambridge University Press
Pages	300-314
Number of pages	15
ISBN (Electronic)	9781108669573
ISBN (Print)	9781108484879
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108669573.022
Publication status	Published - 2021 Jan 1
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

climate change
climate denial
Friedrich Hayek
Koch brothers
Mont Pelerin Society
Neoliberalism
over accumulation
profit crisis

ASJC Scopus subject areas

General Arts and Humanities
General Environmental Science

UN SDGs

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