Ecological Democracy: Caring for the Earth in the Anthropocene

Ecological Democracy is a book that proposes a re-imagining of democracy in response to the ecological crisis of the Anthropocene. It argues that we need to update our view of nature and democratic ideals within the same framework and offers a systematic interpretation of the role of critical theory in green political theory. The book advocates for an ecocentric view on nature that values all existence and proposes the democratic principle of all ecologically affected parties. It is multidisciplinary and will be of great value to researchers and students from various disciplines.

Format: Hardback
Length: 216 pages
Publication date: 01 December 2023
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Ecological Democracy presents a groundbreaking, thought-provoking, and engaging exploration of why and how democracy should be re-imagined in response to the pressing ecological crisis of our time. The book emphasizes the urgent need to re-examine both our understanding of nature and democratic ideals within the framework of the Anthropocene, the current geological epoch characterized by human-made instability in the Earth system and its planetary boundaries. This book offers unique and challenging interpretations of green political theory and its development over the past four decades. It is the first to provide a systematic and detailed interpretation of the role of critical theory in relation to green political theory, particularly in light of current non-anthropocentric critical theorists and their potential contributions to the further development of ecological democracy.

Ecological Democracy builds upon deep ecology, ecophenomenology, and animism by articulating an ecocentric perspective on nature, which upholds an intrinsic moral value of all existence and establishes the democratic principle of all ecologically affected parties. This book offers a sophisticated, compelling, and accessible argument for how to re-imagine ecological democracy as ecocentrism in practice: ecological love. To love ecologically means to care for and encounter all existence on Earth and in the cosmos. This book is multi-disciplinary, making it of great value to researchers, undergraduate and postgraduate students across various disciplines.

Dimension: 234 x 156 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781032305974