Modo de produção e modo de vida: limites da natureza e conflito civilizacional

Abstract

The process of replacement of human labor by machines marks a profound change in social relationship. The technical-scientific revolution applied to goods production enhances the local environmental problems on a global scale. This study, therefore, deals with a metabolic break between economy and environment, whose aim is to explain the mismatch between the linear capitalist production process of extraction – production – disposal and the planetary boundary. Is due to the expansionist logic of capital that, both employees and capitalists are encouraged to consume even if artificial needs, regardless of his will. The growing consumerism is associated, therefore, for the intensive extraction of natural resources and the continued increase of gross domestic product – GDP, exerting strong pressures on the ecosystem. We conclude that there is a need of a harmonious coevolution between Man and Nature, which suggests economic degrowth. For this, it is crucial to set a mode of production and life that ensures the renewal of natural cycles. And, at the same time, allowing the free development of human individuality.