Savage ecology : war and geopolitics at the end of the world / Jairus Victor Grove
Publication details: Durham : Duke University Press , 2019 Description: XV, 346 p. ; 23 cmISBN: 9781478004844Subject(s): Geopolítica | Violencia política | Relaciones internacionales | Cambio climáticoAbstract: Jairus Victor Grove contends that we live in a world made by war. In "Savage Ecology" he offers an ecological theory of geopolitics that argues that contemporary global crises are better understood when considered within the larger history of international politics. Infusing international relations with the theoretical interventions of fields ranging from new materialism to political theory, Grove shows how political violence is the principal force behind climate change, mass extinction, slavery, genocide, extractive capitalism, and other catastrophes.| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Jairus Victor Grove contends that we live in a world made by war. In "Savage Ecology" he offers an ecological theory of geopolitics that argues that contemporary global crises are better understood when considered within the larger history of international politics. Infusing international relations with the theoretical interventions of fields ranging from new materialism to political theory, Grove shows how political violence is the principal force behind climate change, mass extinction, slavery, genocide, extractive capitalism, and other catastrophes.