Rock Water Life Ecology and Humanities for a Decolonial South Africa

Lesley Green examines the interwoven realities of inequality, racism, colonialism, and environmental destruction in South Africa, calling for environmental research and governance to transition to an ecopolitical approach that could address South Africa's history of racial oppression and environmental exploitation.

Info autore

Lesley Green is founding director of Environmental Humanities South at the University of Cape Town, editor of Contested Ecologies: Dialogues in the South on Nature and Knowledge, and coauthor of Knowing the Day, Knowing the World: Engaging Amerindian Thought in Public Archaeology.

Isabelle Stengers is Professor of Philosophy of Science at the UniversitÉ Libre de Bruxelles.

Riassunto

Lesley Green examines the interwoven realities of inequality, racism, colonialism, and environmental destruction in South Africa, calling for environmental research and governance to transition to an ecopolitical approach that could address South Africa's history of racial oppression and environmental exploitation.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Lesley Green
• Editore: Duke University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Tascabile
• Data pubblicazione: 31.03.2020
• Categoria: Guide e manuali > Natura; Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Biologia > Ecologia
• EAN: 9781478003991
• ISBN: 978-1-4780-0399-1
• Numero di pagine: 320
• Dimensioni (della confezione): 15 x 23 x 2 cm
• Categorie: Umweltschutz; Umweltwissenschaften, Umwelttechnik