01446nas a2200109   4500008004100000245006900041210006500110260001200175520105600187100002401243856006901267       2014                        eng d00aGoing beyond organized modernity : The Age of environmentalism ?0 aGoing beyond organized modernity The Age of environmentalism  aLeipzig3 aSpecial session: “Degrowth and History. Economics, Sustainability, Power” Keywords: organized modernity – environmentalism – self government – heteronomy. Summary: Boosted by economic growth, the welfare state achieved an organized modernity which impacted on the class-divided society within the French nation-state. During the 1970s, the State was repeatedly attacked by both the market apostles and the advocates of social experimentation. The economic crisis entailed by the first oil shock in 1973 contributed to shaking the foundations of the Welfare State. In this paper, I will explore the internal tension between self-governement and heteronomy within environmentalism, while replacing it in the context of the organized modernty crisis from which it stemmed. What is at stake is to determine whether, in the new ongoing modernity crisis, environmentalism can gain momentum and triumph, or whether it shall remain a utopia, which although it might generate emancipation opportunities, will continue to be marginal in its influence.1 aDuverger, Timothée  uhttps://degrowth.community/conference2014/scientific-papers/3414