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Resources on entropy/thermodynamics and Marxism? (hexbear.net)
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I always see entropy used here and there in decriptions/critiques of capitalism, so I was wondering if there are papers or books that dive deeper on the topic. Thanks!

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Environment, Power, and Society by H.T. Odum is my number one favorite book for environmental systems engineering and looks at society through the same lens of power structures built around control of power flow. It’s literally the book that made my brain understand the basis of power and how it’s utilized. It has plenty of citations, and Odum and his colleague William Mitsch have a wealth of papers l, largely related to energy flow in wetland systems, but they worked on some of the foundational writing on the topic. It’s somewhat hard to track down a copy, so if you’re interested, but unable to find info, I’ll try and scan my copy to a pdf. I’ll try and dig up some papers today too if I can.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

Oh helllllll yeah. Gonna download that for sure

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

That's a very interesting lens! Thank you