%0 Journal Article %T "Alarme de inc¨ºndio": Michael L£¿wy e a cr¨ªtica ecossocialista da civiliza£¿£¿o capitalista moderna %A Querido %A Fabio Mascaro %J Trabalho, Educa£¿£¿o e Sa¨²de %D 2013 %I Scientific Electronic Library Online %R 10.1590/S1981-77462013000100002 %X the emergence of the ecological crisis as a clearer symptom of a true civilizatory crisis has imposed new challenges to critical thought and, in particular, to marxism. based on this assumption, this article aims to present michael l£¿wy's defense of an ecosocialist radicalization of the marxist critique of modernity, a task for which walter benjamin's great refusal of the ideologies of progress is one of the critical sources of inspiration. to michael l£¿wy, breaking away from the ideologies of progress and from the modern capitalistic civilizatory paradigm is a prerequisite for the ecosocialist updating of marxism. %K michael l£¿wy %K ecosocialism %K critical of progress %K critique of modernity. %U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1981-77462013000100002&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en