Scerri Postpolitics and the Limits of Nature

Critical Theory, Moral Authority, and Radicalism in the Anthropocene
1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-1-4384-7215-7
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: 6 - ePub Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 292 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Reihe: SUNY series in New Political Science

Explores why past generations of radical ecological and social justice scholarship have been ineffective, and considers the work of a new wave of scholarship that aims to reinvent the radical project and combat injustice.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Scerri, Andy

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments
Introduction

1. From Mimetic Expression to the Rational Mastery of Nature

2. Holism, Modernism, and “the Problem of the Environment”

3. From Enlightenment Hubris to Neo-Enlightenment Humility

4. Globalization, Neoliberalism, and Neocommunitarianism

5. Postpolitics and the Return of Moral Authority

6. Meaning Lost, Meaning Refound.

Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Andy Scerri is Assistant Professor of Politics at Virginia Tech and author of Greening Citizenship: Sustainable Development, the State and Ideology.