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The twisted paths of sustainability: Problems and dilemmas of socio-ecological change (S. Neckel)

VSJF Annual Conference 2024 'Sustainability in Japan' Programme and Details https://dij.tokyo/vsjf2024 The twisted paths of sustainability: Problems and dilemmas of socio-ecological change Sighard Neckel (Universität Hamburg) Since the concept of sustainability became widespread at the end of the 1980s, it has been used as a response to the ecological crisis, which today is documented above all in climate change and species extinction. However, sustainability refers to very different socio-political goals. Modernization, transformation and control are three development paths that modern societies take when they strive to establish principles of sustainability in economics, politics and the culture of everyday life. Ecological modernization aims to enable green growth through technological innovation and economic incentives. In contrast, ideas of socio-ecological transformation are based on overcoming growth imperatives and destructive nature relations, which puts the need for far-reaching institutional changes on the political agenda. Control strategies of sustainability relate to authoritative measures in an ecological state of emergency that segregates risks, challenges democratic processes and attempts to technologically intervene into the earth system. All of these sustainability development paths are associated with problems and dilemmas that may ultimately run counter to their respective intentions. Socioecological transformations are not immune to paving the way for control regimes. Green capitalism can be an impediment on the path to ecological change. Outsourcing and segregation of ecological risks may have opposite effects. The lecture will analyze some of these dilemmas and discuss possible routes out of the pitfalls of socio-ecological change. Sighard Neckel is Professor of Sociology at Universität Hamburg and Senior Permanent Fellow of the DFG Humanities Centre for Advanced Studies “Futures of Sustainability”. He previously held professorships in Gießen, Vienna and Frankfurt am Main, where he had also been a board member of the Institute for Social Research. Visiting professorships and fellowships, among others, at the University of Tokyo, Macquarie University Sydney and Seoul National University. Research areas: Economic sociology, social inequality, emotion research and conflicts on sustainability. Latest book publications: Kapitalismus und Nachhaltigkeit (2022); Gesellschaftstheorie im Anthropozän (2020); Die globale Finanzklasse (2018); Die Gesellschaft der Nachhaltigkeit (2018). Cite as: Neckel, Sighard. 2024. “The twisted paths of sustainability: Problems and dilemmas of socio-ecological change”. Sustainability in Japan. Lecture series, ed. by Conrad, Harald, Barbara Holthus, Axel Klein.YouTube    • The twisted paths of sustainability: ...  . Connect with the DIJ Tokyo YouTube:    / dijtokyo   Website: https://www.dijtokyo.org Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/dijtokyo.org LinkedIn:   / dijtokyo   Newsletter: https://dij.tokyo/newsletter