Loftus, Alex Gramsci, Nature, and the Philosophy of Praxis

Either implicitly or explicitly, critical environmental thought often takes as its target "ideologies of nature." This chapter considers Antonio Gramsci's writings on nature in relation to his philosophy of praxis. Rather than finding a conception of nature in his scattered notes on the subject, the chapter argues that nature must be situated within the overall philosophy of praxis. Nature is fundamental to the three component parts of Gramsci's philosophy of praxis, something Gramsci defines as "absolute 'historicism,' the absolute secularization and earthliness of thought, an absolute humanism of history." Until recently, Gramsci's writings have rarely been considered in relation to environmental questions. Political ecology is perhaps the one subfield where Gramscian ideas have taken hold. Gramsci's conception of ideology, if situated within his overall philosophy of praxis, could serve as a key contribution to environmental thought.

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