What are the limits to reform environmentalism? Rearticulating ecological modernisation towards ecologism (original) (raw)

The paper discusses the potential for ecological modernisation (EM) to be transformed into a more genuine ecologism. It critiques the prevailing views within the environmentalist community concerning EM, advocating for a strategic rearticulation of EM that challenges the predominant ideologies of growth and consumerism. Through the application of discourse theory from Laclau and Mouffe and the historical example of China's Deng Era reforms, a roadmap for subversive reform within the capitalist structure is proposed, arguing that genuine ecological engagement can emerge from within the framework of EM without being immediately dismissed.