Inhabiting the Earth: Anarchist Political Ecology for Landscapes of Emancipation

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Over the last several decades, scholars and practitioners have progressively acknowledged that we cannot consider cities as the place where nature stops anymore, resulting in urban environments being increasingly appreciated and theorized as hybrids between nature and culture, entities made of socio-ecological processes in constant transformation. Spanning the fields of political ecology, environmental studies, and sociology, this new direction in urban theory emerged in concert with global concern for sustainability and environmental justice. This volume explores the notion that connecting with nature holds the key to a more progressive and liberatory politics. Cover Half Title Title Page Copyright Page Contents Preface Reinhabiting the Land and the Earth Overcoming Dualism The Eco-Anarchist Critique of Domination From Denial and Disavowal to Emancipatory Praxis Introduction From a Bounded Ecology of Place to a Global Landscape, and Back Political Ecology as Emancipation Structure of the Book Inhabiting the Earth Differently References Chapter 1: An Effective Approach to Circular Economy within the Domain of Social Ecology Social Ecology Circular Economy Corporation vs. De-growth De-growth Corporation Conclusion Notes References Chapter 2: Heritage as a ‘Common’: Exploring Alternative Approaches for De-growth Defining Alternative Models for Urban and Rural Territories Fostering Emancipation and Citizenship in Changing Cities Co-constructing Heritage Policies Conclusion Notes References Chapter 3: Local Resistance to Mega Infrastructure Projects as a Place of Emancipation: Land Use Conflicts, Radical Democracy and Oppositional Public Spaces The Post-Political Situation and the De-politicization of the Environment The ‘Unnecessary and Imposed Mega-Projects’ Resistance Movement Radical Democracy, Oppositional Public Space and Place-based Struggles Conclusion Acknowledgement Notes References Chapter 4: Agri(Cultural) Resistance: Food Sovereignty and Anarchism in Response to the Sociobiodiversity Crisis The Sociobiodiversity Crisis via the Conquest of Indigeneity Food Sovereignty and Anarchist Praxis in Response to the Sociobiodiversity Crisis Synergies in Spaces of Resistance Conclusion References Chapter 5: Our Graves above the Timberline: Urban Green Commons, Intergenerational Justice and Diachronic Environmental Politics Towards an Anarchist Space Urban Green Commons Towards Anarchist Spaces Places to Live in the City Emerging Models of Governance and Stewardship The Social Impact of Urban Green Commons Conclusion References Chapter 6: An Anarchist Landscape? : Rethinking Landscape and ‘Other’ Geographies The Anarchist Horizon, the Anarchist Difference Darkened Landscapes Becoming a Darkened Dream Notes References Chapter 7: Kenneth Rexroth and Paul Goodman: Poets, Writers, Anarchists and Political Ecologists Paul Goodman Goodman, Culture and Place Goodman and Society Goodman’s Place Kenneth Rexroth Rexroth and Environmentalism Rexroth and Culture Rexroth, Anarchism and Urban Political Ecology Rexroth and Goodman Acknowledgements References Chapter 8: The Prefigurative Politics of Going Off-Grid: Anarchist Political Ecology and Socio-material Infrastructures The Enduring Pessimism of Academic Political Ecology Anarchist Political Ecology Earthships: Building and Dwelling in the Refuse of Capitalism The Infrastructural State and Its Discontents Conviviality: Making Peace between Humans, Non-Humans and Things ‘Do-It-With’: Off-gridders Overcoming Specialization Autonomy: A Practice of Responsibility and a Territory of Freedom Conclusion Notes References Chapter 9: Escape from Ecology: Necrophilia and the Left’s Internalized Green Scare Green Scare in the United States Pink Tide and Criminalization of Anti-Extractivists Greenwashing the Status Quo Towards Biophilous Revolution References Chapter 10: Are the State and Public Institutions Compatible with De-growth?: An Anarchist Perspective The Matter of the State: An Obligatory challenge for De-growth Opening up Insights and Critical Approaches around the State for De-growth Bridging the Gap between Anarchism and De-growth: An Inevitable Dialogue in Theory and in Practice Reforms and Proposals for a Non-statist De-growth: Keeping a Quota of the Public Conclusion Notes References Index About the Contributors