Energies Beyond the State : Anarchist Political Ecology and the Liberation of Nature

Resource and environmental management generally entail an attempt by governing authorities to dominate, reroute, and tame the natural flows of water, the growth of forests, manage the populations of non-human bodies, and control nature more generally. Often this is done under the mantle of conservation, economic development, and sustainable management, but still involves a quest to “civilize” and control all aspects of nature for a specific purpose. The results of this form of environmental management and governance are many, but by and large, across the globe, it has meant governments construct a specific idea regarding nature and the environment. These forms of control also extend beyond the natural environment, allowing for particular methods of managing human and non-human populations in order to maintain power and enact sovereignty. This volume contributes to advancing an ‘ecology of freedom,’ which can critique current anthropocentric environmental destruction, as well as focusing on environmental justice and decentralized ecological governance. While concentrating on these areas of anarchist political ecology, three major themes emerged from the chapters: the legacies of colonialism that continue to echo in current resource management and governance practices, the necessity of overcoming human/nature dualisms for environmental justice and sustainability, and finally discussions and critiques of extractivism as a governing and economic mentality. Cover Half Title Title Page Copyright Page Contents Preface The Liberation of Nature An Ethics of Non-Domination The War on Nature The Critique of Green Capitalism Radicalizing Space, Place and Scale Going Beyond Anarchism, Political Ecology and Environmental Management beyond the State Legacies of Colonialism and Environmental Imperialism Overcoming Human/Nature Dualisms The Harms of Extractivism Structure of the Book Notes References Chapter 1: Panoptic Geography: Humans and Nature under Surveillance Historical Background Political and Military Use of Satellite Geography in Our Times Ethical and Political Questions in the Era of Geo-Localization (Geo-Reference) What If We Reversed This Perspective? Conclusion Notes References Chapter 2: Uranium: Capitalism, Colonialism and Ecology Uranium Mining Nuclear Weapons Nuclear Energy Conclusion Notes References Chapter 3: Moving beyond Borders: Anarchist Political Ecology and Environmental Displacement The Precarious State of Solidarity with Forced Migrants Current Debates on Environmental Displacement Towards an Anarchist Political Ecology of Environmental Displacement An Anarchist Call for Mutual Aid and Border Transgressions Notes References Chapter 4: Questioning Capitalistic Power Structures: A Way to Reconnect People with Lands? Irrigation in Southern France The World Heritage Site of Laponia Methods – TORSO Results To Reappropriate the Territory Notes References Chapter 5: When the Wolf Guards the Sheep: The Industrial Machine through Green Extractivism in Germany and Mexico Neither Market Nor State: Sheep against Industrial Progress Greening Destruction: Disciplining and Domesticating Human and Non-human Nature in and around the Hambach Coal Mine Harnessing People, Capturing Wind and Subduing Rebellion in Oaxaca, Mexico Rebranding Extraction: The Renewable Energy–Extraction Nexus Conclusion Notes References Chapter 6: Dismantling the Dam Hierarchies Cultural Significance of Dams Anarcha-Feminism and Political Ecology Discourses of Damming Conclusion: Outgrowing Capitalism and Patriarchy Notes References Chapter 7: The Conservation of Anarchy: Ethnographic Reflections on Forest Policies and Resource Use Anarchy, Anarchism and Anthropology The Struggle between Archy and Anarchy in the Andamans The Paradox of Conservation Conclusion Notes References Chapter 8: Blockading Hamburg: Green Syndicalism vs G20 Kropotkin’s Sociology of the State and the G20 The Anarchist Geography of Hamburg and Event of Place Biopolitical Civil War and State Repression Direct Action, Autonomous Space and Violence as Habitus Critique of the Battle Conclusion References Chapter 9: Rising above the Thinking behind Climate Change: World Ecology and Worker’s Control The Climate Crisis and Its Thinking Primitive Accumulation Towards a Response For Workers’ Control Conclusion Notes References Chapter 10: The Soft Hand of Capital Historical Millenarian Theorists: Marx and Luxembourg Contemporary Radical Millenarians: Klein and Bookchin Commodifying Resistance Sustaining Exploitation Notes References Index "This volume contributes to advancing an 'ecology of freedom,' which can critique current anthropocentric environmental destruction, as well as focusing on environmental justice and decentralized ecological governance"-- Provided by publisher