Science and technology studies have generated increasing interest within Marxist circles. In this symposium, we focus on Actor-Network Theory, a topic that has, at times, sparked misguided debate due to misunderstanding on both sides. On the whole, though, green Marxisms and ANT have maintained relative distance from each other. The articles in this symposium seek to narrow the gap. Whether
... [Show full abstract] considering Marx's deep concerns with the natural sciences, metabolic socionatural relations, and ''natural'' obstacles to capital, 1 Marx's discussion of constant capital's contribution to maintaining capital's ''monopoly of property [in] and access to the material means of production,'' 2 or Engels' attempt at creating a single, social-natural ontology in the Dialectics of Nature, 3 Marxism has a deep historical concern with relations between natures, sciences, technologies and societies. These traditions are, of course, intertwined with the history of critical science studies, which assessed the contradictions of the hegemony of technoscientific and industrial power over sociopolitical and aesthetic values; 4 the enforced irrationality of alternatives to scientific and political technics; 5 the relationship between declining environmental conditions, economic productivity and social quality of life; 6 the ways the domination of nature served as a means of social domination; 7 the character of * The participants thank Barbara Laurence. The symposium came about because of her interest, prodding and persistence, all of which were much appreciated.
