ES 301 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Commoditization, Anthropocentrism, Eurocentrism

• School: University of Victoria
• Department: Environmental Studies
• Course: ES 301
• Professor: Anita Girvan

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Midterm: double-sided study guide, essay questions in advance. 5 potential essay questions, 2 of which will be on the exam. Use half time for short answer, half for essay! Role of state in polanyi: controlling the rate of change. If a self-regulating market, the go(cid:448)er(cid:374)(cid:373)e(cid:374)t has to slo(cid:449) do(cid:449)(cid:374) the ti(cid:373)e a(cid:374)d s(cid:272)ale of the rate of (cid:272)ha(cid:374)ge. (cid:858) it i(cid:374)(cid:859) i(cid:374) legislature: state as friend who should lend itself to environmental (or social) protection. Challenges to seeing like a state: socio-ecosystems challenge the way reduction happens, complex systems taxation (differences in resources/numbers/population) Federici, galeano (cid:862) a(cid:272)e is the (cid:272)hild of ra(cid:272)is(cid:373), (cid:374)ot the father(cid:863) race derived from racism. Polanyi: cultural history of political economy, rise of fascism (1600-1940). (cid:272)ott: (cid:858) eei(cid:374)g like a state(cid:859); redu(cid:272)i(cid:374)g or si(cid:373)plifying for good and bad/harms . Whenever capitalist order is threatened, there is a large (chaotic) response. Society la(cid:271)our sayi(cid:374)g they (cid:449)o(cid:374)(cid:859)t (cid:449)ork (cid:894)goi(cid:374)g o(cid:374) strike(cid:895), outsour(cid:272)i(cid:374)g slave labour (african).