LEADER 04840nam 22007215 450 001 9911015684203321 005 20251003154955.0 010 $a3-031-76634-2 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-031-76634-3 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC32196095 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL32196095 035 $a(CKB)39586129600041 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-031-76634-3 035 $a(OCoLC)1545003659 035 $a(EXLCZ)9939586129600041 100 $a20250704d2025 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aDirect Action as Conceptual Art? $eAn Examination of the Role of the Communiqué for Ecodefense /$fAvi Brisman 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aCham, Switzerland :$cPalgrave Macmillan,$d[2025] 215 $a1 online resource (239 pages) $cillustration 225 1 $aPalgrave Studies in Crime, Media and Culture,$x2946-3920 311 08$a3-031-76633-4 327 $a1.Introduction -- 2.Ecodefense and the Action-communiqué Relationship -- 3.Conceptual Art: The Manifestation of an Idea and the Documentation of Art, an Event or (a) Process -- 4. Conclusion. 330 $a?[A] unique and original contribution to [the study] of ? environmental protest. By comparing the written statements of Conceptual artists with the communiqués of ecodefenders, Brisman adds an unexpected analytical sophistication to our understanding of direct action. Can environmental protest be reconceptualised as Conceptual art? Maybe not exactly, but exploring the parallels certainly unlocks interesting and hitherto undiscussed similarities.? ?Murray Lee, Professor in Criminology, University of Sydney Law School, Australia ?As the immiseration of the world through capitalist exploitation and climate catastrophe accelerates, we?ll need every strategy to salvage planetary life. This provocative analysis of the communiqué demonstrates the value of attending to how eco-saboteurs make visible larger, world-destroying structures of violence. Brisman?s reading of art against environmental activism enriches our conception of direct action as a shocking, urgent interruption of the status quo; ? a timely contribution to the conversation about how to change the seemingly unchangeable.? ?Luke Fidler, Assistant Professor of Art History, University of Southern California, USA ?This book advances criminological understandings of environmentalists? radical actions and imaginaries in exciting, new, and creative directions. By comparing the communiqués accompanying activists? direct actions to written texts in Conceptual art, Brisman foregrounds the importance of meaning as articulated and conveyed by activists themselves. A truly artful piece.? ?Anna Di Ronco, Associate Professor of Legal Studies, University of Bologna, Italy This book offers an avenue for understanding the parameters, scope, meanings, and impacts of environmental protest. Focusing on ecodefense, it explores the significance of the communiqué (the written explanation of the reasons for an act of ecodefense), comparing the communiqué to written texts in Conceptual art. It presents and seeks to evaluate the following analogy: act of ecodefense : communiqué :: work of conceptual art : written declaration/statement. By considering the communiqué in this light, this book helps us better comprehend the rationales for ?radical environmentalism? undertaken for the purposes of reducing environmental harms, natural resource exploitation, and animal abuse. Avi Brisman, Professor of Justice Studies, Eastern Kentucky University, USA. 410 0$aPalgrave Studies in Crime, Media and Culture,$x2946-3920. 606 $aCritical criminology 606 $aEnvironmental sciences$xSocial aspects 606 $aArt$xHistory 606 $aPolitical sociology 606 $aPeace 606 $aHuman rights 606 $aCritical Criminology 606 $aEnvironmental Social Sciences 606 $aArt History 606 $aPolitical Sociology 606 $aPeace and Conflict Studies 606 $aHuman Rights 615 0$aCritical criminology. 615 0$aEnvironmental sciences$xSocial aspects. 615 0$aArt$xHistory. 615 0$aPolitical sociology. 615 0$aPeace. 615 0$aHuman rights. 615 14$aCritical Criminology. 615 24$aEnvironmental Social Sciences. 615 24$aArt History. 615 24$aPolitical Sociology. 615 24$aPeace and Conflict Studies. 615 24$aHuman Rights. 676 $a364.01 700 $aBrisman$b Avi$0898638 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9911015684203321 996 $aDirect Action As Conceptual Art$94408713 997 $aUNINA