The exploitation of the globe and nature. The blind spot of environmental considerations in Saint-Simonian industrialism

Michel Bellet
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Michel Bellet: Université Jean Monnet Saint-Étienne, CNRS, Université Lyon 2, emlyon, GATE Lyon Saint-Étienne UMR 5824, F-42023, Saint-Etienne, France

No 2504, Working Papers from Groupe d'Analyse et de Théorie Economique Lyon St-Étienne (GATE Lyon St-Étienne), Université de Lyon

Abstract: Saint-Simonianism is often associated with the promotion of a productivist industrialism rooted in science and technology—a model that has fueled, to this day, a tension between its emancipatory and reformist aspirations on one hand, and environmental considerations on the other. This article reexamines that assessment in detail by exploring Saint-Simon’s naturalist philosophy and its transformation by his disciples. It highlights and explains lesser-known aspects that add complexity to the initial interpretation without fundamentally challenging it.

Keywords: Saint-Simonianism; industrialism; ecological economics; naturalist philosophy; religion (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: B14 Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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