ABSTRACT

This essay introduces and invites contributions to a new Journal of Peasant Studies Forum on ‘climate change and critical agrarian studies’. Climate change is inextricably entwined with contemporary capitalism, but how the relationship between capitalism and climate change plays out in the rural world requires deeper analysis. In particular, the way agrarian struggles connect with the huge challenge of climate change is a vital focus for both thinking and action. In this essay, we make the connections between climate change and critical agrarian studies and identify competing, although overlapping, narratives. These narratives frame climate change debates and the way that the dynamics of climate change shape and are shaped by the rural world, whether through state policies, international governance, corporate influence, or agrarian struggles. We use a simple framework to examine different logics and strategies for anti-capitalist struggles that might connect climate change and agrarian mobilisations. We conclude with some overall reflections and suggestions for broad, guiding questions for future inquiry as part of the JPS Forum.

摘要

本文介绍并邀请对新的《农民研究杂志》做出贡献“气候变化和批判性农业研究”论坛。气候变化与当代资本主义密不可分，但资本主义与气候变化之间的关系如何在农村世界中发挥作用需要更深入的分析。特别是，土地斗争与气候变化的巨大挑战的联系方式是思考和行动的重要焦点。在这篇文章中，我们将气候变化与批判性农业研究联系起来，并确定相互竞争但重叠的叙述。这些叙述构建了气候变化辩论以及气候变化动态塑造和被农村世界塑造的方式，无论是通过国家政策、国际治理、企业影响力还是土地斗争。我们使用一个简单的框架来研究可能将气候变化和农业动员联系起来的反资本主义斗争的不同逻辑和策略。最后，我们对广泛的指导性问题提出了一些总体反思和建议，作为未来调查的一部分JPS论坛。