TY - JOUR
T1 - Struggling for Another Life: The Ontology of Degrowth
AU - Richter, Katharina
PY - 2019/12/31
Y1 - 2019/12/31
N2 - This article presents a sympathetic critique of degrowth scholarship, which reproduces anthropocentric, Cartesian views of nature. I suggest overcoming these by drawing on the modernity/coloniality discourse, as well as engaging with indigenous scholarship and decolonial practices such as Buen Vivir. I make the argument for extending agency and rights to non-human nature, beginning with a shift from the language of “materials” to that of “the living world.” A focus on ecological, multi-species justice centred on the rights of nature would not only allow for a decolonisation of the degrowth debate, but also highlight issues around ecological debt and environmental justice.
AB - This article presents a sympathetic critique of degrowth scholarship, which reproduces anthropocentric, Cartesian views of nature. I suggest overcoming these by drawing on the modernity/coloniality discourse, as well as engaging with indigenous scholarship and decolonial practices such as Buen Vivir. I make the argument for extending agency and rights to non-human nature, beginning with a shift from the language of “materials” to that of “the living world.” A focus on ecological, multi-species justice centred on the rights of nature would not only allow for a decolonisation of the degrowth debate, but also highlight issues around ecological debt and environmental justice.
UR - http://research.gold.ac.uk/id/eprint/29444/
U2 - 10.4000/transtexts.1242
DO - 10.4000/transtexts.1242
M3 - Article (Academic Journal)
VL - 14
SP - 12
JO - Transtext(e)s Transcultures Journal of Global Cultural Studies
JF - Transtext(e)s Transcultures Journal of Global Cultural Studies
ER -