Kapitałocen, ekologiczna ekonomia dewzrostu i filozofia Herberta Marcusego
Capitalocene; ecological economics of degrowth and philosophy of Herbert Marcuse

Summary/Abstract: The critical context of the article is the latest knowledge of the planetary environmental crisis and its social-economic repercussions (such as a disgrace of fossil fuels capitalism and inequality). The text critically compares the following conceptions: 1) the philosophy of Herbert Marcuse, 2) the criticism of the so-called “cheap natures” and the Capitalocene by Jason W. Moore, and 3) ecological economics of degrowth. They are post-capitalist eco-utopias built with a safety concern for the very survival of civilization. The text looks for anticipation of Moore’s ideas and the ideas of ecological economists in Marcuse’s reflection on ecology. It highlights significant similarities and selected differences between the concepts mentioned above. The article considers two levels: a diagnosis of the problems of a developed industrial society and a possible, systemic and constructive correction. The text argues that the ecological economy of degrowth, prosperity and redistribution contradicts Marcuse’s thesis that capitalism completely colonizes the human imagination.

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