Journal of Peasant Studies

Rethinking with uncertainty: two new articles Two open access articles have just come out that take the theme of ‘uncertainty’ and explore how it encourages some fundamental rethinking. First, ‘development’ as conventio…

Rethinking with uncertainty: two new open access articles. Short essays on the political and methodological implications of embracing uncertainty @peasantjournal.bsky.social @ids.ac.uk zimbabweland.wordpress.com/2026/02/09/r...

Pharmaceuticals in the Capitalocene: on the metabolic exploitation of life and bodies in the capitalist world-ecology Drawing on research in environmental humanities and critical agrarian studies, this article seeks to explore the role that drugs play in the world-ecology of capitalism. We propose a “political eco...

In a new #FullAccess article, Pierre-Marie David and Nicolas le Dévédec chart the colonial and capitalist project of the pharmaceutical industry, showing how medicalization of humans and non-humans sustains the capitalist world economy and continues exploitation

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Agrarian struggles, climate crisis and right-wing populism amidst progressive and conservative farmers’ protests in Germany Massive farmers’ protests swept Germany in 2024, triggering debates on the relationship between agrarian capitalism and the climate crisis. Based on protest surveys and data from the organizations ...

How does the growth of right-wing populism shape modern agrarian struggles?

In a #FullAccess article, Motta et al study the contemporary landscape of agrarian struggles in Germany, providing valuable insights on building alliances in an era of far-right populism

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Adaptation in the Plantationocene Plantation logics have been responsible for devastating transformations of the planet including climate change. While they have shaped the current social and ecological conditions we live with toda...

How do plantation logics shape adaptation to climate change?

In a new article, @kasiapaprocki.bsky.social examines adaptation through the lens of the Plantationocene, showing how it is framed in extractivist and colonial logic #OpenAccess

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Ecosocialism and critical agrarian studies This paper reconstructs Karl Marx’s evolving vision of communism through ecological, agrarian, and decolonial debates. While early Marx was shaped by the trinity of productivism, Eurocentrism, and ...

How can Ecosocialism and Critical Agrarian Studies help us understand a world in ecological decay?

In a new article, @koheisaito.bsky.social bridges the theoretical divide between the fields, providing a powerful framework to analyze our world #OpenAccess

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