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Kohei Saito is an eco-Marxist thinker who mobilizes the concept of metabolism to propose an alternative socio-economic trajectory for the Anthropocene. However, a systematic study of his conception of metabolism is lacking. To address this gap, I apply a framework of critical concept analysis to his major works. The analysis identifies three conceptual strata in Saito’s metabolism concept: criticism of the modern lifestyle, structural elaboration of the capitalist accumulation–alienation–externalization paradigm, and material description of the metabolic rift. These strata cohere with the problems of overcoming the Anthropocene and recovering Marx, but the fundamental question traversing Saito’s metabolism is normative: How ought the non-capitalist society organize its metabolism and habits? Rejecting social constructivism and speculative philosophy, Saito posits an original unity between humanity and nature that degrowth communism must recover from capitalist deviation. I argue that the presupposition of natural law underpinning this normative position requires further critical reflection.

The text of an open letter sent by ERC President Maria Leptin to ERC panel members, grantees and other stakeholders on 16 April 2026.

Initiated by the (Post)Authoritarian Landscapes Research Centre (PAScapes) at Vilnius University, this twofold event invites participants to examine the

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Editorial La política industrial, la estética de la gran escala, la tecnología renovable y la energía limpia, abundante y barata deben ser, ya, la base material del mundo, pero también la base materia...