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Democratic Ideals and the Politicization of Nature: The Roving Life of a Feral Citizen (Environmental Politics and Theory) - Softcover

Book 3 of 11: Environmental Politics and Theory

Garside, N.

 
9781349435739: Democratic Ideals and the Politicization of Nature: The Roving Life of a Feral Citizen (Environmental Politics and Theory)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1349435732 ISBN 13: 9781349435739
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013

Synopsis

Democratic Ideals and the Politization of Nature introduces the feral citizen as a response to a perceived need to revitalize the disruptive, critical, and exploratory nature of democratic culture. By learning from the traditions of aimless walking and by embracing a consciously feral method of political engagement, radically-democratic citizens can prompt political moments that create conditions where the primacy of the political can be performed, realized and defended. Ultimately, this book seeks not to solve the problems and paradoxes of democracy but to assist in unleashing and celebrating them. Garside concludes that using the methodology of feral citizenship inspired by environmentalism and democratic articulation to reprioritize the political within the green public sphere, citizens can reclaim necessary (and welcome) tensions between representations of nature and political citizenship.

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About the Author

Nick Garside is Assistant Professor of Contemporary Studies at Wilfrid Laurier University, Brantford, Canada.

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Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Publication date
2013
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1349435732
ISBN 13 
9781349435739
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
211