Capital and Ecology: Developmentalism, Subjectivity and the Alternative Life-Worlds

This volume explores the intersection of capital and ecology in the Eastern Himalayan region, highlighting the adverse effects of neoliberal developmentalism and global capitalism on the environment, labor relations, indigenous knowledge systems, and traditional livelihood practices. It adopts an interdisciplinary approach, using various lenses such as developmentalism, state strategy, indigenous voices, geopolitics, and environmentalism, to provide a unique narrative on the ecological risks and livelihood threats in the area.

Format: Hardback
Length: 348 pages
Publication date: 28 August 2023
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

This comprehensive volume delves into the intricate intersection of capital and ecology, particularly in one of the world's most sensitive geographies: the Eastern Himalayan region. It explores how this region has become a melting ground of neoliberal developmentalism and ecological subjectivities, subjected to the powerful forces of global and state capitalism, economic projects, and complex power relations. The collection of essays in this volume argue that a narrow focus on energy infrastructure and energy production has led to the prioritization of asset building, which has had detrimental consequences for the environment, labor relations, indigenous knowledge systems, and traditional livelihood practices. The essays examine assets such as mega dams, electricity transmission networks, natural gas grids, infrastructural and developmental projects, and other alternative ventures that necessitate interventions in the natural world and its resource deposits.

Approaching the subject from an interdisciplinary perspective, the volume employs a diverse range of lenses, including developmentalism, state strategy, indigenous voices, geopolitics, and environmentalism, to present a unique and alternative narrative on the multifaceted dimensions of ecological risks and livelihood threats. This volume will be of immense interest to scholars and researchers in the fields of politics, development studies, indigenous studies, and Asian studies.

Weight: 830g
Dimension: 234 x 156 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781032397139