Radical environmentalism : nature, identity and more-than-human agency / John Cianchi.
Environmentalism is a contest about the meaning of nature and the social construction of activism, deviance and harm. The contests that are the subject of this book are fought on the margins, in spaces where what is deviant and what is criminal are fluid concepts. Forest activists engaged in Tasmani...
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[Basingstoke] :
Palgrave Macmillan,
2015.
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| Series: | Palgrave studies in green criminology.
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Defending nature
- 2. What is nature doing: radical environmentalism and the role of nature
- 3. Nature, identity and more-than-human agency
- 4. "I talked to my tree and he talked back": activism, nature and meaning making
- 5. Encounters with activists
- 6. Radicalisation: activist journeys to direct action campaigning
- 7. Transcendence: experiences of nature that transform activist identity
- 8. Connection: the formation of relationships with nature
- 9. Communication: dialogic relationships with animals, plants and landscapes
- 10. Grief from the destruction of nature
- 11. Alive to the world: interconnection, kinship and responsibility.