Capital in the Anthropocene

Capital in the Anthropocene

1st edition Japanese cover
Author	Kohei Saito
Original title	人新世の「資本論」
Translator	Brian Bergstrom
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese
Subject	Economics
Publisher	Shueisha
Publication date	September 17, 2020
Published in English	January 9, 2024
Media type	Print
Pages	375
Awards	Best Asian Books of the Year (2021)
ISBN	978-4087211351
LC Class	PT2428.M47 S35 2020

Capital in the Anthropocene (Japanese: 人新世の「資本論」, romanized: Hitoshinsei no "Shihonron")^[1] is a 2020 non-fiction book by Japanese academic Kohei Saito. Drawing from writings on ecology and natural science by Karl Marx, the book presents a Marxist argument for degrowth as a means of mitigating climate change. Capital in the Anthropocene was an unexpected commercial success in Japan, selling over half a million copies.