Fragments from the History of Loss The Nature Industry and the Postcolony 1st Edition by Louise Green ISBN 0271087013 9780271087016

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ISBN 10: 0271087013
ISBN 13: 9780271087016
Author: Louise Green

The Anthropocene’s urgent message about imminent disaster invites us to forget about history and to focus on the present as it careens into an unthinkable future. To counter this, Louise Green engages with the theoretical framing of nature in concepts such as the “Anthropocene,” “the great acceleration,” and “rewilding” in order to explore what the philosophy of nature in the era of climate change might look like from postcolonial Africa.
Utilizing a practice of reading developed in the Frankfurt school, Green rearranges narrative fragments from the “global nature industry,” which subjugates all aspects of nature to the logic of capitalist production, in order to disrupt preconceived notions and habitual ways of thinking about how we inhabit the Anthropocene. Examining climate change through the details of everyday life, particularly the history of conspicuous consumption and the exploitation of Africa, she surfaces the myths and fantasies that have brought the world to its current ecological crisis and that continue to shape the narratives through which it is understood. Beginning with African rainforest exhibits in New York and Cornwall, Green discusses how these representations of the climate catastrophe fail to acknowledge the unequal pace at which humans consume and continue to replicate imperial narratives about Africa. Examining this history and climate change through the lens of South Africa’s entry into capitalist modernity, Green argues that the Anthropocene redirects attention away from the real problem, which is not human’s relation with nature, but people’s relations with each other.
A sophisticated, carefully argued call to rethink how we approach relationships between and among humans and the world in which we live, __Fragments from the History of Loss__ is a challenge to both the current era and the scholarly conversation about the Anthropocene

Fragments from the History of Loss The Nature Industry and the Postcolony 1st Edition Table of contents:

Chapter 1: Historical Perspectives on Nature and Loss

• Colonial Legacies and Environmental Change

• Early Conservation Efforts

Chapter 2: The Political Economy of the Nature Industry

• Economic Drivers and Stakeholders

• Tourism, Conservation, and Capital

Chapter 3: Narratives of Loss and Preservation

• Cultural and Social Dimensions

• Storytelling and Memory in the Postcolony

Chapter 4: Ecological Impacts and Industry Practices

• Environmental Consequences of the Nature Industry

• Case Studies of Specific Regions

Chapter 5: Resistance, Adaptation, and Future Directions

• Local Communities and Environmental Justice

• Reimagining Conservation and Development

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