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Guerrilla Ecologies

Green Capital, Nature, and the Politics of Catastrophe

By: John Maerhofer

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Guerrilla Ecologies

Green Capital, Nature, and the Politics of Catastrophe

By: John Maerhofer

This book intervenes in contemporary debates about climate activism, militancy, and strategy that have been gathering force in radical ecological circles. It responds to some of the urgent questions about utilizing militancy as part of the overall effort to foster an ecosocialist society. Building upon the crucial work of scholars and activists from the 1970s to the present, such as Carolyn Merchant, Ursula Heise, Raj Patel, Joan Martinez Alier, Neil Smith, and Mark Dowie, this book discusses and regenerates key principles of guerrilla ecology. It presents a significant critique of green capital and its impact on the shape of environmental and climate justice movements. From car manufacturers dedicating profits to reforestation, to big oil conglomerates funneling money into universities that are developing techno-fixes which may stave off ecological disaster, green capital has become the mainstay of contemporary cultural, political, and economic reproduction – aiming to fuse profitability and sustainability. The book brings together discussion on key topics in a range of contexts including biopiracy and biocolonialism, indigenous resistance, extractivism, anti-imperialism, ecotage, and eco-militancy. It will attract scholarly readers from diverse spaces in the environmental humanities, environmental and climate justice, radical ecology, and philosophy.

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Rethinking the Vanguard

Aesthetic and Political Positions in the Modernist Debate, 1917-1962

By: John W. Maerhofer

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Rethinking the Vanguard

Aesthetic and Political Positions in the Modernist Debate, 1917-1962

By: John W. Maerhofer

How has political revolution figured into the development of avant-garde cultural production? Is the vanguard an antiquated concept or does its influence still resonate in the 21st century? Focusing closely on the convergence of aesthetics and politics that materialized in the early part of the twentieth century, this study offers a re-interpretation of the historical avant-garde from 1917 to 1962, a turbulent period in intellectual history which marked the apex, crisis, and decline of vanguardist authority. Moving from the impact of the Bolshevik Revolution to the anti-imperialist and decolonizing movements in the Third World, to the emergence of neo-vanguardism in the wake of postmodernity, this study opens the way for understanding the transformation of vanguardist cultural paradigms from a global perspective, the implications of which also reveal its relevance and application to the contemporary period.

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Guerrilla Ecologies

Green Capital, Nature, and the Politics of Catastrophe

By: John Maerhofer

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Green Capital, Nature, and the Politics of Catastrophe

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Rethinking the Vanguard

Aesthetic and Political Positions in the Modernist Debate, 1917-1962

By: John W. Maerhofer

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Aesthetic and Political Positions in the Modernist Debate, 1917-1962

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Guerrilla Ecologies

Green Capital, Nature, and the Politics of Catastrophe

By: John W. Maerhofer

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Guerrilla Ecologies

Green Capital, Nature, and the Politics of Catastrophe

By: John W. Maerhofer

This book intervenes in contemporary debates about climate activism, militancy and strategy that have been gathering force in radical ecological circles. It responds to some of the urgent questions about utilizing militancy as part of the overall effort to foster an ecosocialist society. Building upon the crucial work of scholars and activists from the 1970s to the present, such as Carolyn Merchant, Ursula Heise, Raj Patel, Joan Martinez Alier, Neil Smith, and Mark Dowie, this book discusses and regenerates key principles of guerrilla ecology. It presents a significant critique of green capital and its impact on the shape of environmental and climate justice movements. From car manufacturers dedicating profits to reforestation, to big oil conglomerates funneling money into universities that are developing techno-fixes which may stave off ecological disaster, green capital has become the mainstay of contemporary cultural, political, and economic reproduction - aiming to fuse profitability and sustainability. The book brings together discussion on key topics in a range of contexts including biopiracy and biocolonialism, indigenous resistance, extractivism, anti-imperialism, ecotage, and eco-militancy. It will attract scholarly readers from diverse spaces in the environmental humanities, environmental and climate justice, radical ecology and philosophy"--

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Guerrilla Ecologies

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