Nonhuman subjects: an ecology of earth-beings

The surging wave of indigenous politics, rights of nature, and social movements acting with rocks, rivers, glaciers, and lakes has brought to light an ecology of nonlife. Its protagonists are 'earth-beings,' geobodies that question deep-seated Western notions of personhood. Mountains in th...

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Beteilige Person: Luisetti, Federico 1969- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2023
Schriftenreihe:Elements in Environmental Humanities
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Links:https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009442770
https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009442770
https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009442770
Zusammenfassung:The surging wave of indigenous politics, rights of nature, and social movements acting with rocks, rivers, glaciers, and lakes has brought to light an ecology of nonlife. Its protagonists are 'earth-beings,' geobodies that question deep-seated Western notions of personhood. Mountains in the Andes, erratic boulders, a landfill in the Swiss Alps, the sacred stones of the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation, and the works of contemporary artists who have engaged with nonlife reveal the subjectivity of beings that are not sentient and alive as biological organisms
Umfang:1 Online-Ressource (79 Seiten)
ISBN:9781009442770
DOI:10.1017/9781009442770