Absent Environments
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Absent Environments
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Author : Andreas Philippopoulos-Mihalopoulos
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2007-06-27
Absent Environments written by Andreas Philippopoulos-Mihalopoulos and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-06-27 with Law categories.
Offering a novel, transdisciplinary approach to environmental law, its principles, mechanics and context, as tested in its application to the urban environment, this book traces the conceptual and material absence of communication between the human and the natural and controversially includes such an absence within a system of law and a system of geography which effectively remain closed to environmental considerations. The book looks at Niklas Luhmann's theory of autopoiesis. Introducing the key concepts and operations, contextualizing them and opening them up to critical analysis. Indeed, in contrast to most discussions on autopoiesis, it proposes a radically different reading of the theory, in line with critical legal, political, sociological, urban and ecological theories, while drawing from writings by Husserl and Derrida, as well as Latour, Blanchot, Haraway, Agamben and Nancy. It explores a range of topics in the areas of environmental law and urban geography, including: environmental risk, environmental rights, the precautionary principle, intergenerational equity and urban waste discourses on community, nature, science and identity. The author redefines the traditional foundations of environmental law and urban geography and suggests a radical way of dealing with scientific ignorance, cultural differences and environmental degradation within the perceived need for legal delivery of certainty.
Absent Environments
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Author : PHILIPPOPOULOS-MIHALOPOULOS
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2006-11
Absent Environments written by PHILIPPOPOULOS-MIHALOPOULOS and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-11 with categories.
Absent Environments offers a novel approach to environmental law, its principles, its mechanics and its context, as tested in its application to the urban environment. The book proposes a new theory of environmental law whose starting point is a description of a society effectively closed to environmental considerations, where the environment is essentially 'absent'.The book introduces the reader to the key concept of closure as it is described in Luhmann's theory of autopoiesis. In contrast to previous discussions on autopoiesis, however, this book proposes a radically different reading of the theory, in line with postmodern legal, political, sociological, urban and ecological theories, and emphasising the paradox of the (absent) environment.In terms of environmental law, the examined concepts include environmental risk, environmental rights, the precautionary principle and urban waste, as well as discourses on community, proceduralisation and identity. In terms of urban geography, the city is submitted to a phenomenological analysis, which identifies the role of space and body in the urban and legal systems, and repositions the city with regard to utopia, language, memory, essence, and so on.The book redefines the traditional foundations of environmental law and urban geography and suggests a new way of dealing with scientific ignorance, cultural differences and environmental risk within the perceived need for legal delivery of certainty.
The Absent Presence Of The State In Large Scale Resource Extraction Projects
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Author : Nicholas A. Bainton
language : en
Publisher: ANU Press
Release Date : 2021-08-03
The Absent Presence Of The State In Large Scale Resource Extraction Projects written by Nicholas A. Bainton and has been published by ANU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-08-03 with Technology & Engineering categories.
Standing on the broken ground of resource extraction settings, the state is sometimes like a chimera: its appearance and intentions are misleading and, for some actors, it is unknowable and incomprehensible. It may be easily mistaken for someone or something else, like a mining company, for example. With rich ethnographic material, this volume tackles critical questions about the nature of contemporary states, studied from the perspective of resource extraction projects in Papua New Guinea, Australia and beyond. It brings together a sustained focus on the unstable and often dialectical relationship between the presence and the absence of the state in the context of resource extraction. Across the chapters, contributors discuss cases of proposed mining ventures, existing large-scale mining operations and the extraction of natural gas. Together, they illustrate how the concept of absent presence can be brought to life and how it can enhance our understanding of the state as well as relations and processes forming in extractive contexts, thus providing a novel contribution to the anthropology of the state and the anthropology of extraction. ‘The Absent Presence fills a major gap in our knowledge about the relationship between states and companies – at a time when resource extraction seems to be more contested than ever. Bainton and Skrzypek have curated an incredibly impressive volume that should be read by all those interested in exploring corporate and state power, and the ever-present impacts of extraction. A highly recommended read.’ — Professor Deanna Kemp, Director of the Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining, The University of Queensland ‘Countless books have been written on the sovereign state and how it imposes a particular kind of order on economic and social interactions. What is original and compelling about this collection is the portrait of how two very different states converge when it comes to “extractive ventures”. From the presumption of exclusive sovereignty over mineral resources, to the bargains that are struck with major (often global) corporations, and the relative indifference to environmental impacts, there is a remarkable consistency in the patterns that are referred to as “state effects”. These effects are brought from the background to the foreground in this book through the blending of creative and critical thinking with detailed empirical research.’ — Tim Dunne, Pro-Vice-Chancellor and Professor of International Relations, The University of Queensland ‘This brilliant and intriguing title provides a timely contribution to understanding the actual functions and strategies of state (and state-like) institutions in resource arenas. The dialectics of presence-absence and its refractions at different levels and scales of government allow the authors to go beyond stereotypes about the (strong, weak, failed or corrupt) state, highlighting more commonalities than expected between Papua New Guinea and Australia, and even New Caledonia.’ — Dr Pierre-Yves Le Meur, Anthropologist, Senior Researcher, French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development, Joint Research Unit SENS (Knowledge Environment Society)
Spinoza And His Environment
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Author : Henry Smith
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1886
Spinoza And His Environment written by Henry Smith and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1886 with categories.
Water Quality In A Stressed Environment
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Author : Wayne A. Pettyjohn
language : en
Publisher: Pearson
Release Date : 1972
Water Quality In A Stressed Environment written by Wayne A. Pettyjohn and has been published by Pearson this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1972 with Ecohydrology categories.
The Origin Of Plant Structures By Self Adaptation To The Environment
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Author : George Henslow
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1895
The Origin Of Plant Structures By Self Adaptation To The Environment written by George Henslow and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1895 with Botany categories.
Theory Development In Environment And Aging
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Author : Paul G. Windley
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1975
Theory Development In Environment And Aging written by Paul G. Windley and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1975 with Aging categories.
Glacimarine Environments
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Author : J. A. Dowdeswell
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1990
Glacimarine Environments written by J. A. Dowdeswell and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990 with Science categories.
This volume examines the processes responsible for sedimentation in modern glaciomarine environments, and how such modern studies can be used as analogues in the interpretation of ancient glaciomarine sequences. Sediments released from glaciers grounded in tidewater, floating ice shelves, ice tongues, icebergs and sea ice form complex sequences governed by glaciological, oceanographic, sedimentary and biogenic controls. Ten per cent of the world's oceans and epicontinental seas contain such active glacimarine environments, but during Cenozoic glacial periods this area was doubled. This book will, therefore, be of relevance to all scientists concerned with high and middle latitude marine environments. The early chapters are concerned largely with processes of sedimentation in modern glacimarine environments; examples are drawn from Alaska, the Canadian Arctic, Svalbard and Antarctica. Studies of ancient sequences, both Cenozoic and pre-Cenozoic, from the Barents Sea, Greenland, Sweden, Alaska and the northwest European continental shelf, form the latter part of the book.
Niklas Luhmann Law Justice Society
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Author : Andreas Philippopoulos-Mihalopoulos
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2009-09-10
Niklas Luhmann Law Justice Society written by Andreas Philippopoulos-Mihalopoulos and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-09-10 with Law categories.
Niklas Luhmann: Law, Justice, Society presents the work of sociologist Niklas Luhmann in a radical new light. Luhmann’s theory is here introduced both in terms of society at large and the legal system specifically, and for the first time, Luhmann’s texts are systematically read together with theoretical insights from post-structuralism, deconstruction, phenomenology, radical ethics, feminism and post-ecologism. In his far-reaching book, Andreas Philippopoulos-Mihalopoulos distances Luhmann’s theory from its misrepresentations as conservative, rigorously positivist and disconnected from empirical reality, and firmly locates it in a sphere of post-ideological jurisprudence. The book operates both as a detailed explanation of the theory’s concepts and as the locus of a critique which brings forth Luhmann’s radical credentials. The focal points are Luhmann’s concept of society and the law’s paradoxical connection to justice. However, these concepts are also transgressed in order to show how the law deals with the illusion of its identity, and more broadly how the theory itself deals with its limitations. This is illustrated by examples drawn from human rights, constitutional theory and ecological thinking. On the whole, Niklas Luhmann: Law, Justice, Society serves both as an introductory text and as a critical response to Luhmann’s theory, and is recommended reading for students and researchers in sociology, law, social sciences, politics and whoever is interested in seeing the influential work of Niklas Luhmann from a critical new perspective.
Carboniferous Depositional Environments In The Appalachian Region
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Author : John C. Ferm
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1979
Carboniferous Depositional Environments In The Appalachian Region written by John C. Ferm and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1979 with Geology categories.