Historical Social Movements, Ecological Crisis and ‘Other’ World Views
Sing C. Chew
Andre Gunder Frank and Marta Fuentes have suggested that social movements of protest tend to cluster during periods economic downturns. With this in mind, can we examine world history over the long-term enable us provide a more insightful understanding transformative potential times socioeconomic, ecological political disruptions as decade ago? This article examines rise two emerged different when system was/is crisis: Christian monasticism Bioregionalism. Besides viewing religious movement arose reaction turbulent conditions towards end Roman Empire, I want argue also be conceived institution formed excessive consumption, exploitation crisis occurred prior Dark Ages Antiquity. Almost 1,700 years later, our current era crises has sparked expounding alternative world-views lifestyle options. One such anti-systemic is Bioregionalism which direct contrast contemporary world-view underscores themes globalization, technologization life hyper consumption. Therefore, along similar vein early monasticism's institutionalized religion then, life-practice plays role era. Both these considered part family (1989, 1990) written about late 20th century.
Journal of Developing Societies|RePEc: Research Papers in Economics