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Record Nr.

UNINA9910461012403321

Autore

Smith Mick <1961->

Titolo

Against ecological sovereignty [[electronic resource] ] : ethics, biopolitics, and saving the natural world / / Mick Smith

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Minneapolis, Minnesota : , : University of Minnesota Press, , 2011

©2011

ISBN

1-4529-4713-9

0-8166-7854-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxi, 271 pages)

Collana

Posthumanities ; ; 16

Disciplina

179.1

Soggetti

Environmental ethics

Human ecology - Philosophy

Biopolitics - Philosophy

Sovereignty - Moral and ethical aspects

Culture and globalization

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; INTRODUCTION: A Grain of Sand; 1 Awakening; 2 The Sovereignty of Good; 3 Primitivism: Anarchy, Politics, and the State of Nature; 4 Suspended Animation: Radical Ecology, Sovereign Powers, and Saving the (Natural) World; 5 Risks, Responsibilities, and Side Effects: Arendt, Beck, and the Politics of Acting into Nature; 6 Articulating Ecological Ethics and Politics; 7 Against Ecological Sovereignty; APOLOGUE: In Relation to the Lack of Environmental Policy; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z

Sommario/riassunto

Links the political critique of sovereign power with ecological concerns