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Nature as adversary: the rise of modern conceptions of nature in economic thought

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posted on 2023-06-08, 12:55 authored by Earl GammonEarl Gammon
This article problematizes the reliance of ecological economics on neo-classical economic analysis by revealing an adversarial conception of nature in modern economic ontology. It traces the rise in post-classical economics of this adversarial conception, which superseded the idea of a natural moral economy in classical political economy. The origins of this transformation in the conception of nature are located in the breakdown of the long-standing project of natural theology in Britain during the first half of the nineteenth century, precipitated by the geological controversies of the 1820s and 1830s.

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  • Published

Journal

Economy and Society

ISSN

1469-5766

Publisher

Taylor & Francis

Issue

2

Volume

39

Page range

218-246

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  • International Relations Publications

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  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2012-10-31

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