upcarta
  • Sign In
  • Sign Up
  • Explore
  • Search

Slow Violence and the Environmentalism of the Poor

  • Book
  • Jul 1, 2011
  • #Ecology #EnvironmentalPolicy
Rob Nixon
@RobNixon
(Author)
www.goodreads.com
See on Goodreads
4.37/5 471 ratings
1 Recommender
2 Mentions
2 Collections
The violence wrought by climate change, toxic drift, deforestation, oil spills, and the environmental aftermath of war takes place gradually and often invisibly. Using the innovativ... Show More

The violence wrought by climate change, toxic drift, deforestation, oil spills, and the environmental aftermath of war takes place gradually and often invisibly. Using the innovative concept of slow violence to describe these threats, Rob Nixon focuses on the inattention we have paid to the attritional lethality of many environmental crises, in contrast with the sensational, spectacle-driven messaging that impels public activism today. Slow violence, because it is so readily ignored by a hard-charging capitalism, exacerbates the vulnerability of ecosystems and of people who are poor, disempowered, and often involuntarily displaced, while fueling social conflicts that arise from desperation as life-sustaining conditions erode.

In a book of extraordinary scope, Nixon examines a cluster of writer-activists affiliated with the environmentalism of the poor in the global South. By approaching environmental justice literature from this transnational perspective, he exposes the limitations of the national and local frames that dominate environmental writing. And by skillfully illuminating the strategies these writer-activists deploy to give dramatic visibility to environmental emergencies, Nixon invites his readers to engage with some of the most pressing challenges of our time.

Show Less

Number of Pages: 353

ISBN: 0674049306

ISBN-13: 9780674049307

Recommend
Post
Save
Complete
Collect
Mentions
See All
Umut Kuruuzum @umutkuruuzum ยท Jan 8, 2022
  • Curated in ECN412E: Environmental Economics SPRING TERM 2022 - intro & podcasts
Umut Kuruuzum @umutkuruuzum
  • Curated in Required readings
Chapter 1, 4, and 7
Collections
See All
  • Umut Kuruuzum
    • Collection
    ECN412E: Environmental Economics SPRING TERM 2022 - intro & podcasts
    90 curations
  • Umut Kuruuzum
    • Subcollection
    Required readings
    6 curations
  • upcarta ©2025
  • Home
  • About
  • Terms
  • Privacy
  • Cookies
  • @upcarta