Political ecology III: Who are ‘the people’?

Since its inception, political ecology has marshalled a variety of different understandings of the human subject. Confronted with the challenges of authoritarian populism, as well as the provocations of the Anthropocene, being explicit about such conceptualisations is increasingly necessary. In this...

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Published inProgress in human geography Vol. 44; no. 5; pp. 981 - 990
Main Author Loftus, Alex
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London, England SAGE Publications 01.10.2020
Sage Publications Ltd
Subjects
Anthropocene
Authoritarianism
Discourses
Ecology
Human ecology
Human geography
Human subjects
Political ecology
Politics
Populism
Praxis
Research subjects
political ecology
populism
subject formation
interpellation
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Summary:Since its inception, political ecology has marshalled a variety of different understandings of the human subject. Confronted with the challenges of authoritarian populism, as well as the provocations of the Anthropocene, being explicit about such conceptualisations is increasingly necessary. In this third report, I review recent conceptualisations of the subject, beginning with how ‘the people’ have been invoked in authoritarian populist discourses. I then contrast such a perspective with the situated social subjects of everyday political ecology before considering the challenges posed to notions of a sovereign human subject. I conclude with a discussion of political ecological persons in praxis.
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ISSN:0309-1325
1477-0288
DOI:10.1177/0309132519884632