Earth Democracy: Justice, Sustainability, And Peace - Softcover

Shiva, Vandana

Softcover

ISBN 10: 089608745X ISBN 13: 9780896087453

Publisher: South End Pr, 2005

Synopsis

A leading voice in the struggle for global justice, Vandana Shiva is a world-renowned environmental activist and physicist. In Earth Democracy, Shiva updates the struggles she helped bring to international attention—against genetic food engineering, culture theft, and natural resource privatization-—uncovering their links to the rising tide of fundamentalism, violence against women, and planetary death.

Starting in the 16th century with the initial enclosure of the British commons, Shiva reveals how the commons continue to shrink as more and more natural resources are patented and privatized. As our ecological sustainability and cultural diversity erode, so too is human life rendered disposable. Through the forces of neoliberal globalization, economic and social exclusion ignite violence across lines of difference, threatening the lives of millions.

Yet these brutal extinctions are not the only trend shaping human history. Struggles on the streets of Seattle and Cancun and in homes and farms across the world have yielded a set of principles based on inclusion, nonviolence, reclaiming the commons, and freely sharing the earth’s resources. These ideals, which Shiva calls Earth Democracy, serves as an urgent call to peace and as the basis for a just and sustainable future.

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Review:

One of the world s most prominent radical scientists.
"The Guardian
" Shiva has devoted her life to fighting for the rights of the ordinary people of India. Her fierce intellect and her disarmingly friendly, accessible manner have made her a valuable advocate for people all over the developing world.
"Ms." magazine
Shiva is a burst of creative energy, an intellectual power.
"The Progressive"
A leading thinker who has eloquently blended her views on the environment, agriculture, spirituality, and women s rights into a powerful philosophy.
"Utne Reader""

About the Author:

A world-renowned environmental leader and recipient of the 1993 Alternative Nobel Peace Prize (the Right Livelihood Award), Shiva has authored several bestselling books, most recently Earth Democracy. Activist and scientist, Shiva leads, with Ralph Nader and Jeremy Rifkin, the International Forum on Globalization. Before becoming an activist, Shiva was one of India's leading physicists.

About this edition

• Publisher: South End Pr
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 089608745X
• ISBN 13: 9780896087453
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 205