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A more-than-human political moment (and other natural catastrophes)

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posted on 2023-05-17, 22:20 authored by Kate BoothKate Booth, Williams, S
Catastrophic events such as wildfires are predicted to increase and intensify because of climate change. We speculate about what politics may look like within such a context by deploying Rancière’s political theorisations. We examine how a posthumanist re-configuration of this humanist notion of politics contributes to thinking about, acting for, and living within a rapidly changing climate. Specifically, we make a case for more-than-human political moments using the illustration of the wildness – in the form of a wildfire – breaking free of wilderness and burning the settled lands of human habitation. In doing so, we draw on a relational ontology that re-configures agency and speech as more-than-human.

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Publication title

Space and Polity

Volume

18

Pagination

182-195

ISSN

1356-2576

Department/School

School of Geography, Planning and Spatial Sciences

Publisher

Routledge

Place of publication

United Kingdom

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Copyright 2014 Taylor & Francis

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  • Restricted

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Expanding knowledge in human society

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