S03E35 - Andreas Folkers zu Nachhaltigkeit, Resilienz und gesellschaftlichen Naturverhältnissen

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Mar 30, 2025

Andreas Folkers, Fellow am Max-Weber-Kolleg der Universität Erfurt und Mitglied des Frankfurter Instituts für Sozialforschung, erörtert die vielschichtigen Konzepte von Nachhaltigkeit und Resilienz. Er beleuchtet historische Ursprünge und die eurozentristische Perspektive des Nachhaltigkeitsdiskurses. Das Gespräch geht auf materielle Zeitlichkeit und die Herausforderungen der CO2-Reduktion ein. Zudem wird die Bedeutung dieser Konzepte für gesellschaftliche Planung und die Frage von Emanzipation behandelt. Folkers warnt vor 'Cruel Optimism' in der Debatte und dem Potenzial für radikale Veränderungen.

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Ursprung der Nachhaltigkeit

Carlowitz prägte den Begriff Nachhaltigkeit in der Forstwirtschaft.
Er wollte nicht mehr Bäume fällen, als nachwachsen.

INSIGHT

Natur als Ressource

Nachhaltigkeit macht Natur zur Ressource.
Der Wald wird durch Praktiken zum Forst, der gezählt und berechnet wird.

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Nachhaltigkeit als Technologie

Nachhaltigkeit ist eine politische Technologie, die auf Probleme reagiert.
Ressourcen werden nicht nur betrachtet, sondern durch Technologien erzeugt.

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White Skin, Black Fuel

On the Danger of Fossil Fascism

The Zetkin Collective

Andreas Malm

Der unterirdische Wald

Energiekrise und Industrielle Revolution

Robert Paul Sieferle

Resilienz

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Crawford Stanley Holling

Das Klima der Geschichte im planetarischen Zeitalter

Dipesh Chakrabarty

Das Sicherheitsdispositiv der Resilienz

Katastrophische Risiken und die Biopolitik vitaler Systeme

Andreas Folkers

Our Common Future

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Gro Harlem Brundtland

Die Wirtschaft der Gesellschaft

Niklas Luhmann

Arbeiten/Herstellen/Handeln

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Hannes Mahrdt

Gaia-Hypothese

James Lovelock

Discounting the Future

Liliana Doganova

The Value of a Whale

On the Illusions of Green Capitalism

Adrienne Buller

In *The Value of a Whale*, Adrienne Buller critiques the current approaches to addressing climate change, particularly the reliance on green capitalism. She argues that these solutions, such as carbon pricing and offset markets, are flawed because they prioritize profit over genuine environmental reform. The book explores how these market-centric strategies perpetuate economic injustices and ecological crises, highlighting the need for a more equitable and sustainable approach.

Fossile Moderne – Eine Naturgeschichte der Gegenwart

A natural history of the present

Andreas Folkers

Marx and the Anthropocene

Kohei Saito

Economic Possibilities for Our Grandchildren

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John Maynard Keynes

Nutmeg's Curse

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Amitav Ghosh

Amitav Ghosh's "Nutmeg's Curse" explores the historical and ecological consequences of globalization, focusing on the spice trade and its impact on various societies. The book delves into the complex interplay between colonialism, capitalism, and environmental degradation. Ghosh's work challenges conventional narratives of progress and development, highlighting the often-overlooked consequences of global trade. The book uses the story of nutmeg to illustrate the long-term effects of exploitation and the interconnectedness of global systems. "Nutmeg's Curse" is a significant contribution to the understanding of the historical roots of contemporary environmental and social challenges.

The Limits to Growth

Donella Meadows

Jorgan Randers

The book, commissioned by the Club of Rome, uses the World3 computer model to simulate the consequences of interactions between human systems and the Earth. It examines five basic factors: population increase, agricultural production, nonrenewable resource depletion, industrial output, and pollution generation. The authors conclude that if current growth trends continue, the Earth's resources will be depleted, leading to a sudden and uncontrollable decline in population and industrial capacity. However, the book also offers a message of hope, suggesting that forward-looking policy could prevent such outcomes if humanity acts promptly to reduce inefficiency and waste.

The Tragedy of the Commons

Garrett Hardin

The Population Bomb

Anne H. Ehrlich

Paul Ehrlich

Published in 1968, 'The Population Bomb' by Paul and Anne Ehrlich predicts catastrophic consequences, including mass starvation and environmental ruin, due to unchecked population growth. The book argues that immediate action is necessary to control population growth to prevent these dire outcomes. Although many of the Ehrlichs' predictions did not come to pass, the book significantly raised awareness about population and environmental issues and influenced public policy in the 1960s and 1970s. The authors emphasize the need for conscious regulation of human numbers and highlight the strain that growing populations place on the natural world[1][4][5].

Cruel Optimism

Lauren Berlant

In *Cruel Optimism*, Lauren Berlant explores the concept of 'cruel optimism' as a relation where something desired is actually an obstacle to one's flourishing. The book examines how people in Europe and the United States survive neoliberal postwar restructuring by clinging to fantasies of the good life, such as upward mobility, job security, political and social equality, and durable intimacy. Berlant argues that these attachments become cruel when they impede the very aims they were meant to achieve. The book delves into affective and aesthetic responses to the dramas of adjustment in times of precarity, contingency, and crisis, and critiques the idea of the good life within the context of liberal-capitalist societies[1][3][5].