Planetarna myśl społeczna oraz wystudzanie wzrostu
Planetary Social Thought and Degrowth

Summary/Abstract: The conceptual argumentation presented in this article is triggered by the disturbing results of empirical research on the so-called planetary environmental crisis. For about two decades, they have been widely publicized within the discussion about the epoch of man – the Anthropocene. In the context of these data, the text assumes the need for an interdisciplinary, pro-environmental correction of broadly understood social thought (and at the same time the need of bringing social factors into the discussion about the Anthropocene). The author interprets and analyzes two models: Jason W. Moore’s criticism of Capitalocene and ‘planetary social thought’ by Nigel Clark and Bronisław Szerszynski. The text indicates some advantages of these concepts and then discusses the weaknesses of Clark’s and Szerszynski’s proposals. Finally, the article reconstructs the essential assumptions of the so-called ecological economics of degrowth. This discipline is the most vibrant exemplification of planetary social thought today. It enables the constructive attunement of the academic debate on the Anthropocene to social issues.

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