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DOI | 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2016.09.024 |
Hyper-individualism and ultrasociality in a Veblenian framework | |
Duroy, Quentin | |
2017 | |
发表期刊 | ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS
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ISSN | 0921-8009 |
EISSN | 1873-6106 |
出版年 | 2017 |
卷号 | 131 |
文章类型 | Editorial Material |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | USA |
英文摘要 | In a series of articles Gowdy and Krall (2013, 2016a, 2016b) framed the process of cumulative social change as a codevelopment of hyper-individualism and ultrasociality. They argue that at the macro level the 'global economic system' behaves as a superorganism which has co-opted human beings' cooperative propensity in order to continuously expand its surplus value, appropriating an ever-larger share of natural resources. At the micro level, the neoliberal era has legitimized increased competition among individuals and has led to a hyper focus on the maximization of individual consumption. In their social context individuals appear to be largely oblivious or dismissive of the growing superorganism as is evidenced by public unwillingness to address situations of global environmental stress. In the context of Veblen's evolutionary thinking, this paper comments on Gowdy and Krall's articles by discussing two potential venues to 'tame' the superorganism: de-growth and post nationalism. It is argued that the former may be a solution only as a result of a severe (ecological) collapse scenario. Thus if the social desire to modify the superorganism exists it will have a greater chance to succeed as a post-national project that would provide a structural scaffolding to place the superorganism within human control. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserve. |
英文关键词 | Degrowth Multi-level selection Neoliberalism Post-nationalism Ultrasociality Veblen |
领域 | 资源环境 |
收录类别 | SCI-E ; SSCI |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000388248600050 |
WOS类目 | Ecology ; Economics ; Environmental Sciences ; Environmental Studies |
WOS研究方向 | Environmental Sciences & Ecology ; Business & Economics |
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文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/15541 |
专题 | 资源环境科学 |
作者单位 | Denison Univ, Dept Econ, 100 W Coll St, Granville, OH 43023 USA |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Duroy, Quentin. Hyper-individualism and ultrasociality in a Veblenian framework[J]. ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS,2017,131. |
APA | Duroy, Quentin.(2017).Hyper-individualism and ultrasociality in a Veblenian framework.ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS,131. |
MLA | Duroy, Quentin."Hyper-individualism and ultrasociality in a Veblenian framework".ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS 131(2017). |
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