Abstract
Marxists have long moved beyond a perception of Marx as a Promethean ecological vandal. Yet those disputing his environmental credentials are generally united in deploring the unhappy history of population control. They implicitly accept the idea of currently forecast future population levels as consistent with a Marxist view of human emancipation. This assumption should be challenged, on the basis of what resources a truly unalienated future may require in order to achieve real freedom for each future individual.
Highlights
Marxists have long moved beyond a perception of Marx as a Promethean ecological vandal
Those disputing his environmental credentials are generally united in deploring the unhappy history of population control
They implicitly accept the idea of currently forecast future population levels as consistent with a Marxist view of human emancipation
Summary
Marxists have long moved beyond a perception of Marx as a Promethean ecological vandal. Whilst population is a critical determinant of the ability of underdeveloped societies to affect their external environment, Marx suggested that ‘this reproduction of labour-power forms, an essential part of the reproduction of capital itself.
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