The poltical question becomes, must material well-being be sacrificed to planetary survival and, if so, who's well being? Alternatively, will we be able to turn the necessity of ecological rationality to our mutual advantage? Finally, will we fail to heed the ecological imperative, bring ourselves to the point of extinction, and (at a minimum) render all progressivist projects obsolete?
Here we have a dialectical inversion, a counterthrust as Hegel would say and with a vengence. We are in an historically novel situation. We must learn to think and act in ways that are appropriate to it.....
I'm, unfortunately, not very versed in Hegelian philosophy and because I go to a small university, in the PA State System, I don't really have anyone to ask. Could someone on this list explain to me what he means by an "inverse dialectic" or point me in the direction of another book, perhaps some sort of terminology guide (most continental philosophers that I've attempted to read are opaque because I don't understand the terms)or whatever, that might help me out (or both). Thanks, Shawn P.S. Thanks Kelley for recommending the "Hidden Injuries of Class". I found it very interesting and any other reading recommendations would be appreciated. I'm interested in both social theory and in the both the origins of and conections between capitalism and the state.