New Constituencies for Social Change

Abstract

To make a new radical environmentalist policy viable it is necessary to create a political-cultural background which brings environmentalists together with people inspired by new economy, cultural creatives, wikinomics, organic farming, cultural and immaterial consumption models, etc. The alliance will be grounded on a new covenant between humans and nature, and on a non-materialist interpretation of politics. Therefore, new research helps to radically change the political and the production system, not because the system is unjust in the usually- considered terms, but because it endangers nature and society. The criticality of social justice and individual freedom in everyday life is not denied. Rather, meaningful political reforms, and consistent political platforms, will be possible if we include as a priority the relation between humans and nature in the political debate.