“...one of the great tasks of ecological thinking will be to develop an ecological civicism that restores the organic bonds of community without reverting to the archaic blood-tie at one extreme or the totalitarian "folk philosophy" of fascism at the other.” CommunityHeritageFascismEcologyEcologicalFolkCivicism Book:Urbanization without cities: the rise and decline of citizenship Source: Urbanization without cities: the rise and decline of citizenship
“Nor do piecemeal steps however well intended, even partially resolve problems that have reached a universal, global and catastrophic character. If anything, partial 'solutions' serve merely as cosmetics to conceal the deep seated nature of the ecological crisis. They thereby deflect public attention and theoretical insight from an adequate understanding of the depth and scope of the necessary changes.” IfsWellsCharacterProblemUnderstandingAttentionStepsSolutionsUniversalCrisisDepthInsightResolveAdequateScopeTheoreticalEcologicalCosmeticsDeep SeaEcological CrisisNecessary Change Author:Murray Bookchin
“Until we become the architects of a society that is truly free and ecological, it will always seem that when the human brain is not adaptive, it is more often destructive than creative.” HumansSeemsBrainCreativeDestructiveArchitectEcologicalHuman BrainAdaptive Author:Murray Bookchin
“I learned that [Trotskyism] were no different from the Stalinists, and they expelled me, which is the typical Marxist-Leninist way of dealing with dissenters. From that point on, I migrated by the 1950s into anarchism, increasingly emphasizing decentralization. Also, I made the all-important step of bridging my social philosophy with ecology. I did that in 1952 and went on to write a whole series of books developing an anarcho-ecological approach.” WayWritingMadeImportantBookDifferentPhilosophyWholeSocialStepsApproachSeriesDevelopingEcologyTypicalAnarchismEcologicalMarxistDecentralization Author:Murray Bookchin
“In my case I would emphasize anarcho-communalism, along with the ecological questions, the feminist questions, the anti-nuclear issues that exist, and along with the articulation of popular institutions in the community. I think it's terribly important for anarchists to do that because at this moment not very much is happening anywhere in North America.” ThinkingImportantMomentsAmericaCommunityCasesIssuesHappeningsInstitutionsFeministNuclearAnarchistEcologicalNorth AmericaArticulationCommunalism Author:Murray Bookchin
“Capitalism can no more be 'persuaded' to limit growth than a human being can be 'persuaded' to stop breathing. Attempts to 'green' capitalism, to make it 'ecological', are doomed by the very nature of the system as a system of endless growth.” HumansGrowthHuman BeingsLimitsCapitalismGreenEndlessBreathingAnarchyDoomedEcologicalMarket EconomyManipulativeMultinationals Author:Murray Bookchin
“Until society can be reclaimed by an undivided humanity that will use its collective wisdom, cultural achievements, technological innovations, scientific knowledge, and innate creativity for its own benefit and for that of the natural world, all ecological problems will have their roots in social problems.” WorldUseProblemHumanitySocialNaturalCreativityAchievementBenefitsRootsInnovationCollectivesTechnologicalInnateNatural WorldEcologicalSocial ProblemsScientific KnowledgeCollective Wisdom Book:The Murray Bookchin Reader Source: The Murray Bookchin Reader
“An anarchist society, far from being a remote ideal, has become a precondition for the practice of ecological principles.” PrinciplesPracticeIdealsAnarchistEcological Book:The Murray Bookchin Reader Source: The Murray Bookchin Reader
“The ecological principle of unity in diversity grades into a richly mediated social principle; hence my use of the term social ecology.” UseSocialTermPrinciplesDiversityUnityGradesEcologyEcologicalUnity In Diversity Book:The Murray Bookchin Reader Source: The Murray Bookchin Reader
“To speak of ‘limits to growth’ under a capitalistic market economy is as meaningless as to speak of limits of warfare under a warrior society. The moral pieties, that are voiced today by many well-meaning environmentalists, are as naive as the moral pieties of multinationals are manipulative. Capitalism can no more be ‘persuaded’ to limit growth than a human being can be ‘persuaded’ to stop breathing. Attempts to ‘green’ capitalism, to make it ‘ecological’, are doomed by the very nature of the system as a system of endless growth.” HumansWellsTodaySpeakGrowthNatureHuman BeingsMoralEconomySocietyLimitsCapitalismGreenEnvironmentalBreatheEndlessWarriorBreathingMeaninglessWarfareDoomedEcologyPersuasionNaiveAttemptingPietyEcologicalEnvironmentalistMarket EconomyManipulativeMultinationalsNaivetyNaivete Author:Murray Bookchin
“As long as hierarchy persists, as long as domination organises humanity around a system of elites, the project of dominating nature will continue to exist and inevitably lead our planet to ecological extinction.” HumansLongEarthHumanityNatureExistencePlanetsProjectsPersistenceElitesContinuingPersistEcologyOrganizeDominationExtinctionHierarchyOur PlanetEcologicalInevitabilityDominating Author:Murray Bookchin
