“(the) FEAR” – Social Ecology ABC
The fear we would like to talk about here is not that related to an effective and immediate threat, a fear that would then be completely legitimate and justified. No, what we are talking about is the fear that can…
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Category Workshop: Research & Perspectives
A place for reflection and exchange dedicated to ESC.
Emergency situation?
What can we say about the current situation in France, which is similar to what is happening in many other countries, and about its complete blurring of meaning and extraordinary confusion? Almost everything is false in the sad spectacle currently…
“HUMOR” – Social Ecology ABC
Because of the issues we face, we are rather serious at the Workshop, as the present times hardly lend themselves to joking. However, we cannot do without humor, a humor that is a little dark at times, in the sense…
“GUILT” – Social Ecology ABC
One of the peculiarities of the capitalist world, a result of its reign that is seldom observed, is its ability to spread forms of guilt everywhere. And with a few rare exceptions, it has to be said that, for once,…
“RESILIENCE” – Social Ecology ABC
“Resilience is a technology of consent. It is about consenting to the inevitability of disasters, particularly technological disasters, in order to learn to ‘live with’ them, without ever tackling their causes. It is about consenting to training, learning and experimenting…
📜 Communalism
Introduction Communalism is a political and social proposal developed by the philosopher and ecologist Murray Bookchin. It is a radical alternative to current state and capitalist structures, which advocates a society based on the self-management of local communities, direct democracy…
📜 Social Ecology
Introduction Through the concept of social ecology, Murray Bookchin, an influential 20th-century American thinker, offers a radical analysis of environmental problems, emphasizing the interconnection between social, economic and ecological structures. He considers that ecological crises are intrinsically linked to hierarchies…
“DESIRE” – Social Ecology ABC
The question seems to me to be, why has it become so difficult to debate? It’s obvious that within any group, and given the complexity of the realities we face, there are bound to be various points of divergence, or…
“LIBERALISM” – Social Ecology ABC
“Where property is sufficiently protected, it would be easier to live without money than without poor people, because otherwise who would do the work.” “The vast majority must remain both ignorant and poor.” An early champion of market liberalism, Bernard…
“DEAFNESS” – Social Ecology ABC
At the current stage of disintegration of the structure of society as a whole and worldwide, and even though there seems to be no lasting refuge from this debacle, the defensive reflex for many seems to be to “stop talking…
“« FASCIST »” – Social Ecology ABC
Today, the term “fascist” is being used in all sorts of confusing ways. Far right extremists now call their opponents “fascists”. Tendencies claiming to be anarchists point to other anarchist tendencies as suspects of fascist leanings. In short, it’s all…
On the need to shift the focus from work
Nowadays, it is practically impossible to have a conversation with someone without the subject of work coming up. Wherever you work, it is rare for conversations not to start with this question: So? How’s your job? Whether you like it…