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Nature′s Evil – A Cultural History of Natural Resources: New Russian Thought

Autor A Etkind
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 2 sep 2021
This bold and wide-ranging book views the history of humankind through the prism of natural resources - how we acquire them, use them, value them, trade them, exploit them. History needs a cast of characters, and in this story the leading actors are peat and hemp, grain and iron, fur and oil, each with its own tale to tell. The uneven spread of available resources was the prime mover for trade, which in turn led to the accumulation of wealth, the growth of inequality and the proliferation of evil. Different sorts of raw material have different political implications and give rise to different social institutions. When a country switches its reliance from one commodity to another, this often leads to wars and revolutions. But none of these crises goes to waste - they all lead to dramatic changes in the relations between matter, labour and the state. Our world is the result of a fragile pact between people and nature. As we stand on the verge of climate catastrophe, nature has joined us in our struggle to distinguish between good and evil. And since we have failed to change the world, now is the moment to understand how it works.
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ISBN-13: 9781509547586
ISBN-10: 1509547584
Pagini: 300
Dimensiuni: 154 x 235 x 32 mm
Greutate: 0.59 kg
Editura: Polity Press
Seria New Russian Thought

Locul publicării:Chichester, United Kingdom

Notă biografică

Alexander Etkind is Professor of History at the European University Institute.

Cuprins

Acknowledgements Introduction Part 1. History of Matter Chapter 1. Cry Fire Chapter 2. Grain's Way Chapter 3. The Remains of Foreign Bodies Chapter 4. Sugar and Spice and All Things Nice Chapter 5. Fibres Chapter 6. Metals Part 2. History of Ideas Chapter 7. Resources and Commodities Chapter 8. Resource Projects Chapter 9. The Mercantile Pump Chapter 10. The Resources that Failed Part 3. History of Energy Chapter 11. Peat Chapter 12. Coal Chapter 13. Oil Conclusion. Leviathan or Gaia Literature Notes