Andreas Malm

Andreas Malm is a Swedish[2] author and an associate senior lecturer of human ecology at Lund University.[3][4] He sits 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, describes him as "one of the most original thinkers on the subject" of climate change.[7]

Andreas Malm
Malm giving a lecture at Code Rood Action Camp 2018 in Groningen
Born1976/1977 (age 43–44)[1]
NationalitySwedish
OccupationAuthor, professor
EmployerLund University
TitleAssociate senior lecturer
MovementMarxist

Malm has authored several books and is a contributor to the magazine Jacobin.[3][8]

Career

In 2010, Malm joined the Socialistiska Partiet; he had been in contact with the party since attending a summer camp they ran in 1997.[9]

In 2012, Malm defended his thesis (which later became the book Fossil Capital) to obtain a PhD from Lund University.[10][11]

Books
  • Iran on the Brink: Rising Workers and Threats of War, written with Shora Esmailian, published 2007 by Pluto Press[12]
  • Fossil Capital: The Rise of Steam Power and the Roots of Global Warming, published 2016 by Verso Books and awarded the Deutscher Memorial Prize[13][14][15]
  • The Progress of This Storm: Nature and Society in a Warming World, published 2017 by Verso Books[16][17]
  • Corona, Climate, Chronic Emergency: War Communism in the Twenty-First Century, published 2020 by Verso Books[18][19]
  • How to Blow Up a Pipeline: Learning to Fight in a World on Fire, published 2021 by Verso Books[20][21]
  • White Skin, Black Fuel: On the Danger of Fossil Fascism, written with The Zetkin Collective, published 2021 by Verso Books[22]

See also
  • Lund University – Swedish university
  • Human ecology – Study of the relationship between humans and their natural, social, and built environments
  • Climate change – Current rise in Earth's average temperature and its effects

References
  1. Gladić, Mladen (5 August 2020). "Im Kapitalozän" [In the Capitalocene] (in German). Retrieved 2021-01-12.
  2. "Corona, Climate, Chronic Emergency; What Would Nature Do? – review". the Guardian. 2020-12-13. Retrieved 2021-01-12.
  3. Schmeisser, Susann. "Andreas Malm – Humanities & Social Change". Retrieved 2021-01-12.
  4. "Human Ecology". Lund University.
  5. "Editorial Board | Historical Materialism". www.historicalmaterialism.org. Retrieved 2021-01-12.
  6. Crane, Bill. "Climate Change | International Socialist Review". isreview.org. Retrieved 2021-01-12.
  7. Bloomsbury.com. "Progress of the Storm". Bloomsbury Publishing. Retrieved 2021-01-12.
  8. "Andreas Malm". jacobinmag.com. Retrieved 2021-01-12.
  9. Karlström, Gunvor (2010-05-03). "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 2010-05-12. Retrieved 2021-01-12.
  10. "Andreas Malm". www.keg.lu.se. Retrieved 2021-01-12.
  11. Malm, Andreas (2013). "The Origins of Fossil Capital: From Water to Steam in the British Cotton Industry". Historical Materialism. 21 (1): 15–68. doi:10.1163/1569206X-12341279. ISSN 1465-4466.
  12. Malm, Andreas, 1977- (2007). Iran on the brink : rising workers and threats of war. Esmailian, Shora. London: Pluto. ISBN 978-1-84964-343-6. OCLC 654103854.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  13. "Fossil Capital". www.versobooks.com. Retrieved 2021-01-12.
  14. "Past Recipients". The Deutscher Memorial Prize. 2014-06-10. Retrieved 2021-01-12.
  15. Malm, Andreas, 1977- (2016). Fossil capital : the rise of steam-power and the roots of global warming. London. ISBN 978-1-78478-129-3. OCLC 900912182.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  16. "The Progress of This Storm". www.versobooks.com. Retrieved 2021-01-12.
  17. Malm, Andreas, 1977- (2018). The progress of this storm : nature and society in a warming world. London. ISBN 978-1-78663-415-3. OCLC 1004424810.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  18. "Corona, Climate, Chronic Emergency". www.versobooks.com. Retrieved 2021-01-12.
  19. Malm, Andreas, 1977-. Corona, climate, chronic emergency : war communism in the twenty-first century. London. ISBN 1-83976-216-0. OCLC 1159810165.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  20. "How to Blow Up a Pipeline". www.versobooks.com. Retrieved 2021-01-12.
  21. MALM, ANDREAS. (2020). HOW TO BLOW UP A PIPELINE. [Place of publication not identified]: VERSO. ISBN 978-1-83976-025-9. OCLC 1141142279.
  22. "White Skin, Black Fuel". www.versobooks.com. Retrieved 2021-01-12.


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