The politics of sustainability
The politics of sustainability
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10.1109/ktsc.1995.569152
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1995-06
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David V. J. Bell
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David V. J. Bell
人类的生存受到的威胁，与其说是核战争的“大爆炸”，不如说是伴随着自然环境的破坏而来的平庸但同样致命的“呜咽”。谁要为这场与自然的战争负责？为什么我们要摧毁这个星球上存在的基础？几乎在每一个例子中，我们都有过错。在一定程度上，这个问题可以追溯到我们社会经济体系的性质。我们正在遭受一种可以被称为“全球生活方式病”的痛苦。我们发展了一种贪婪的经济，不重视它对自然环境的影响。直到最近，这些影响在我们的经济衡量标准和公式中都被忽略了。大自然是一种“外在”，其丰富性和无限韧性被认为是理所当然的。我们正站在我们政治发展的重要关头。如果我们要在可持续发展的三个领域--经济、环境和社会公平--取得进展，我们就必须理解和理解政治变革的重要性。可持续发展的政治是21世纪的生存政治。
Humankind's survival is threatened less by the "big bang" of nuclear warfare than by the banal but equally fatal "whimper" accompanying the destruction of our natural environment. Who is responsible for this war against nature? Why are we destroying the very basis of existence on this planet? In nearly every instance, we are all at fault. In part, the problem can be traced to the nature of our socioeconomic system. We are suffering from what might be termed a "global lifestyle disease". We have developed a rapacious economy that values little its effects on the natural environment. Until very recently, these effects were omitted from our economic measures and equations. Nature was an "externality" whose abundance and infinite resilience were taken for granted. We stand at an important juncture in our political development. We must appreciate and understand the significance of political changes if we are going to be successful in achieving progress in the three areas of sustainable development: economy, environment and social equity. The politics of sustainability is the politics of survival in the 21st Century.