Slow Violence and the Environmentalism of the Poor

Slow Violence and the Environmentalism of the Poor
ISBN-10
067424799X
ISBN-13
9780674247994
Category
Nature
Pages
370
Language
English
Published
2011-06-01
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Author
Rob Nixon

Description

“Slow violence” from climate change, toxic drift, deforestation, oil spills, and the environmental aftermath of war takes place gradually and often invisibly. Rob Nixon focuses on the inattention we have paid to the lethality of many environmental crises, in contrast with the sensational, spectacle-driven messaging that impels public activism today.

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