ES 301 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Biomimetics, Business Logic, Crony Capitalism

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

Document Summary

Guha: ca(cid:374)"t look at e(cid:374)(cid:448)iro(cid:374)(cid:373)e(cid:374)talis(cid:373) as ho(cid:373)oge(cid:374)ous everyone experiences different kinds of environmentalism: india vs north america. Neo-liberalism: paradoxical: self-regulating markets are capitalism (no regulation, no control) but needs regulations to support it. E. g. government bail outs (banks/corporations are bailed out) we are not letting the market do what they should. Mexico): opens up new markets in new places/nations. The economy looks always to new (strange) places e. g. sea, nation, abstract locations (internet), bodies, cancer treatments (part of neo-li(cid:271)eral (cid:373)arket). Thi(cid:374)gs goi(cid:374)g (cid:862)pri(cid:448)ate(cid:863) is a (cid:374)e(cid:449) opportu(cid:374)ity for a (cid:374)eoli(cid:271)eral market something common is becoming enclosed. Seeds: monsanto: farmers must buy seeds from them every year, if seeds are found on a property where they were not purchased, farmer can be sued. Neo-liberalism: becomes the way of governing all life mann. Reversal in which the market drives society (post-industrial market).