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Greentopia: Utopian Thought in the Anthropocene provides new ways of imagining the future interface between society and non-human nature and brings into focus the possibility of a peaceful coexistence. "Greentopia" is a mode of thought that takes us beyond mourning environmental degradation and ecological catastrophe. The absence of already-paved paths in the area gives space for a variety of experiments in thinking. The book interprets its subject, "Greentopia", as a method of re-imagination, yet also as a very concrete practice. It brings together researchers from different areas to investigate environmental utopia from their respective angles. The present volume is of highest interest for environmental ethicists, but also of interest for anyone involved in current discourses on utopianism, life in the Anthropocene, environmental crises, the future of agriculture and green cities.
List of contents
Part I. Concepts and Visions of Greentopia, Introduction: Greentopia as a Methods to Envision the Human-Nature-Interface.- There is just not Enough Planet to Own: On the Need for Scarcity-Oriented Concepts of Property.- Greentopia: The Agrarian Vision.- Can We Envision a Greentopia in the Anthropocene?.- Reading "Greentopias" to Make the World Livable Again? Sustainable Societies, Stories of Survival and the "Rescue Fantasy" at the Heart of Utopianism.- Green Utopianism: Facing the Climate Crisis, Inhabiting the Anthropocene.- Ecotopianism: A Philosophical Conception.- Part II. Implementing Greentopia, A Better Wilderness? Ethical Questions and Social Ambivalences of Precision Livestock Farming.- Ecological and Related Health Crises as Symptoms of "Wrong Life": Disturbance, Reflection and Cognitive Transformation.- In Conversation with Radioactive Plants. Reflecting on the Future of Contaminated Environments.- Greentopia in the Garden: From Paradise to Virtuous Practice.- Promoting Food Sovereignty and Security in the Sahel: Lessons from Indigenous Peoples.- Green and Smart Visions of Urban Futures.
