Residual Governance - How South Africa Foretells Planetary Futures

Diving in to the history of South African gold and uranium mining, Gabrielle Hecht shows how forms of state governance and the fight for infrastructural and environmental justice tell a global story of racial capitalism and the Anthropocene.

Sommario

Abbreviations  ix
Notes of Usage  xi
Introduction. The Racial Contract is Technopolitical  1
1. You Can See Apartheid from Space  19
2. The Hollow Rand  47
3. The Inside-Out Rand  85
4. South Africa’s Chernobyl?  129
5. Land Mines  163
Conclusion. Living in a Future Way Ahead of Our Time  197
Acknowledgments  209
Notes  215
Bibliography  237
Index  259

Info autore

Gabrielle Hecht

Riassunto

Diving in to the history of South African gold and uranium mining, Gabrielle Hecht shows how forms of state governance and the fight for infrastructural and environmental justice tell a global story of racial capitalism and the Anthropocene.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Gabrielle Hecht
• Editore: Duke University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 01.11.2023
• EAN: 9781478024941
• ISBN: 978-1-4780-2494-1
• Pagine: 288
• Categorie: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Biologia > Ecologia; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Teorie sociologiche