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Against Ecological Sovereignty: Ethics, Biopolitics, and Saving the Natural World

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Description for Against Ecological Sovereignty: Ethics, Biopolitics, and Saving the Natural World Paperback. Series: Posthumanities. Num Pages: 320 pages, 1 b&w illustration. BIC Classification: HPQ; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 145 x 18. Weight in Grams: 358.

Against Ecological Sovereignty is a passionate defense of radical ecology that speaks directly to current debates concerning the nature, and dangers, of sovereign power. Engaging the work of Bataille, Arendt, Levinas, Nancy, and Agamben, among others, Mick Smith reconnects the political critique of sovereign power with ecological considerations, arguing that ethical and political responsibilities for the consequences of our actions do not end with those defined as human.

Against Ecological Sovereignty is the first book to turn Agamben’s analysis of sovereignty and biopolitics toward an investigation of ecological concerns. In doing so it exposes limits to that thought, maintaining that the ... Read more

Presenting a stinging critique of human claims to sovereignty over the natural world, Smith proposes an alternative way to conceive of posthumanist ecological communities—one that recognizes the utter singularity of the beings in them.

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Series
Posthumanities
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Minnesota, United States
ISBN
9780816670291
SKU
V9780816670291
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About Mick Smith
Mick Smith is associate professor and Queen’s National Scholar in the Department of Philosophy and the School of Environmental Studies at Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario. He is author of An Ethics of Place: Radical Ecology, Postmodernity, and Social Theory.

Reviews for Against Ecological Sovereignty: Ethics, Biopolitics, and Saving the Natural World
"Very occasionally one comes across a book that is genuinely original. Mick Smith's interrogation of ecological sovereignty offers an entirely new perspective on the dangers and opportunities involved in defining our current condition as an ecological ‘crisis.’ As a reassertion of the need for a politics and ethics of the environment, Smith's argument is fresh, very intelligent, and hard to ... Read more

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