Summary
Andreas Malm (born 1976 or 1977)[1] is a Swedish[2] author and an associate professor of human ecology at Lund University.[3][4] He is on the editorial board of the academic journal Historical Materialism,[5] and has been described as a Marxist.[6] Naomi Klein, who quoted Malm in her book This Changes Everything, has called him "one of the most original thinkers on the subject" of climate change.[7]
Andreas Malm | |
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 Malm giving a lecture at Code Rood Action Camp 2018 in Groningen | |
| Born | 1976 or 1977 (age 46–47) |
| Nationality | Swedish |
| Occupation(s) | Author, professor |
| Employer | Lund University |
| Title | Associate professor |
| Movement | Marxist |
Career edit
In 2010, Malm joined the Socialistiska Partiet; he had been in contact with the party since attending a summer camp it ran in 1997.[8]
In 2014, Malm successfully defended his thesis Fossil Capital: The Rise of Steam-Power in the British Cotton Industry, c. 1825-1848, and the Roots of Global Warming, and obtained a PhD from Lund University.[9] He released a reworked version of his thesis as Fossil Capital, published by Verso Books.[10]
During a conference at Stockholm University in December 2023 on "Palestinian resistance", Andreas Malm celebrated the "heroic armed resistance in Gaza". He thus expressed his “astonishment” and his “tears of joy” following the Hamas attacks against Israel in 2023.[11][12][13]
Malm has authored several books and is a contributor to the magazine Jacobin.[3][14] In his book How to Blow Up a Pipeline: Learning to Fight in a World on Fire, published in 2021, he argued that sabotage and property damage are logical components of the movement against human-caused climate change.[15] The book was adapted into the 2022 narrative film How to Blow Up a Pipeline.[16]
On the far right, you see this aggressive defense of cars and fossil fuels that verges on a desire for destruction, ... Denial is as central to the development of the climate crisis as the greenhouse effect.
—Andreas Malm in January, 2024[17]
In The Guardian, Brett Christophers wrote that Malm's research suggests that manufacturers during the Industrial Revolution switched from water power to steam not because steam was cheaper but because it was more profitable. In particular, steam allowed prime movers to be near cheap labor rather than bound to suitable waterways.[18]
In September 2021, Malm was a guest on The New Yorker Radio Hour, where he echoed the central claim of How to Blow Up a Pipeline by advocating that the climate movement use sabotage as a tactic and embrace a diversity of tactics.[19]
Books edit
- Iran on the Brink: Rising Workers and Threats of War, written with Shora Esmailian, published 2007 by Pluto Press[20]
- Fossil Capital: The Rise of Steam Power and the Roots of Global Warming, published 2016 by Verso Books and awarded the Deutscher Memorial Prize[21][22][23]
- The Progress of This Storm: Nature and Society in a Warming World, published 2017 by Verso Books[24][25]
- Corona, Climate, Chronic Emergency: War Communism in the Twenty-First Century, published 2020 by Verso Books[26][27]
- How to Blow Up a Pipeline: Learning to Fight in a World on Fire, published 2021 by Verso Books[28][29]
- White Skin, Black Fuel: On the Danger of Fossil Fascism, written with The Zetkin Collective, published 2021 by Verso Books[30]
See also edit
- Capitalocene – Geologic era defined by capitalism
- Politics of climate change – Interaction of societies and governments with modern climate change
References edit
- ^ Gladić, Mladen (5 August 2020). "Im Kapitalozän" [In the Capitalocene] (in German). Archived from the original on 21 January 2021. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
- ^ "Corona, Climate, Chronic Emergency; What Would Nature Do? – review". the Guardian. 13 December 2020. Archived from the original on 7 January 2021. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
- ^ a b Schmeisser, Susann. "Andreas Malm – Humanities & Social Change". Archived from the original on 14 January 2021. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
- ^ "Human Ecology". Lund University. Archived from the original on 16 March 2016.
- ^ "Editorial Board | Historical Materialism". www.historicalmaterialism.org. Archived from the original on 14 January 2021. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
- ^ Crane, Bill. "Climate Change | International Socialist Review". isreview.org. Archived from the original on 24 January 2021. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
- ^ Bloomsbury.com. "Progress of the Storm". Bloomsbury Publishing. Archived from the original on 31 May 2022. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
- ^ Karlström, Gunvor (3 May 2010). "Andreas Malm, ekosocialistisk debattör: Därför går jag med i SP" [Andreas Malm, eco-socialist debater: Here's why I joined the SP] (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 12 May 2010. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
- ^ "Andreas Malm Thesis". lup.lub.lu.se. Archived from the original on 7 June 2020. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
- ^ "Fossil Capital". www.versobooks.com. Archived from the original on 22 September 2023. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
- ^ Mathoux, Hadrien (11 April 2024). ""Pleurs de joie" : quand Andreas Malm, penseur adoubé par LFI, justifie l'attaque du Hamas le 7 octobre". marianne.net (in French). Retrieved 16 April 2024..
- ^ Blin, Simon. "L'activiste écolo Andreas Malm a vécu l'attaque du Hamas le 7 Octobre comme une "jubilation"". Libération (in French). Retrieved 10 April 2024..
- ^ "7 octobre : l'écologiste suédois Andreas Malm dit avoir vécu l'attaque du Hamas avec "joie"". lejdd.fr (in French). 10 April 2024. Retrieved 16 April 2024..
- ^ "Andreas Malm". jacobinmag.com. Archived from the original on 21 January 2021. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
- ^ Dechristopher, Tim (16 February 2021). "In a World on Fire, Is Nonviolence Still an Option?". YES! Magazine. Archived from the original on 17 February 2021. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
- ^ Goldhaber, Daniel (7 April 2023), How to Blow Up a Pipeline (Crime, Drama, Thriller), Ariela Barer, Kristine Froseth, Lukas Gage, Chrono, Lyrical Media, Spacemaker Productions, retrieved 18 September 2023
- ^ Marchese, David (14 January 2024). "How This Climate Activist Justifies Political Violence". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 14 January 2024.
- ^ Christophers, Brett (25 May 2021). "Big oil companies are driven by profit – they won't turn green by themselves". The Guardian. London, United Kingdom. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on 25 May 2021. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
- ^ Remnick, David (24 September 2021). "Should the Climate Movement Embrace Sabotage?". The New Yorker. Archived from the original on 24 September 2021. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
- ^ Malm, Andreas (2007). Iran on the brink : rising workers and threats of war. Esmailian, Shora. London: Pluto. ISBN 978-1-84964-343-6. OCLC 654103854. Archived from the original on 12 September 2022. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
- ^ Malm, Andreas (12 January 2016). Fossil Capital. Verso Books. ISBN 9781784781293. Archived from the original on 4 October 2015. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
{{cite book}}:|website=ignored (help) - ^ "Past Recipients". The Deutscher Memorial Prize. 10 June 2014. Archived from the original on 27 February 2015. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
- ^ Malm, Andreas (2016). Fossil capital : the rise of steam-power and the roots of global warming. London. ISBN 978-1-78478-129-3. OCLC 900912182. Archived from the original on 12 September 2022. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ The Progress of This Storm. Verso Books. February 2020. ISBN 9781788739405. Archived from the original on 3 May 2020. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
{{cite book}}:|website=ignored (help) - ^ Malm, Andreas (2018). The progress of this storm : nature and society in a warming world. London. ISBN 978-1-78663-415-3. OCLC 1004424810. Archived from the original on 12 September 2022. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Malm, Andreas (22 September 2020). Corona, Climate, Chronic Emergency. Verso Books. ISBN 9781839762154. Archived from the original on 11 August 2020. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
{{cite book}}:|website=ignored (help) - ^ Malm, Andreas (22 September 2020). Corona, climate, chronic emergency : war communism in the twenty-first century. London. ISBN 978-1-83976-216-1. OCLC 1159810165. Archived from the original on 12 September 2022. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Malm, Andreas (5 January 2021). How to Blow Up a Pipeline. Verso Books. ISBN 9781839760259. Archived from the original on 29 October 2020. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
{{cite book}}:|website=ignored (help) - ^ Malm, Andreas (5 January 2021). How to Blow Up a Pipeline: Learning to Fight in a World on Fire. Verso Books. ISBN 978-1-83976-025-9. OCLC 1141142279. Archived from the original on 12 September 2022. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link) - ^ Malm, Andreas (18 May 2021). White Skin, Black Fuel. Verso Books. ISBN 9781839761744. Archived from the original on 1 November 2020. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
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Further reading edit
- Rübner Hansen, Bue (14 April 2021). "The Kaleidoscope of Catastrophe - On the Clarities and Blind Spots of Andreas Malm". Viewpoint Magazine. Archived from the original on 23 October 2021. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
External links edit
- Andreas Malm publications indexed by Google Scholar
- Official page on Lund University website