Against Ecological Sovereignty: Ethics, Biopolitics, and Saving the Natural World

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Against Ecological Sovereignty is a passionate defense of radical ecology that speaks directly to current debates concerning the nature, and dangers, of sovereign power. Engaging the work of Bataille, Arendt, Levinas, Nancy, and Agamben, among others, Mick Smith argues that ethical and political responsibilities for the consequences of our actions do not end with those defined as human.

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"Very occasionally one comes across a book that is genuinely original. Mick Smith's interrogation of ecological sovereignty offers an entirely new perspective on the dangers and opportunities involved in defining our current condition as an ecological crisis. As a reassertion of the need for a politics and ethics of the environment, Smith's argument is fresh, very intelligent, and hard to beat."Andrew Dobson, author of Citizenship and the Environment

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Mick Smith is associate professor and Queens National Scholar in the Department of Philosophy and the School of Environmental Studies at Queens University, Kingston, Ontario. He is author of An Ethics of Place: Radical Ecology, Postmodernity, and Social Theory.