Pluralist Politics, Relational Worlds: Vulnerability and Care of the Earth

Didier Zúñiga's book explores the possibility for dialogue and mutual understanding in human and more-than-human worlds, drawing on ecology and sustainability in democratic theory to demonstrate the transformative potential of a relational ethics. It offers ways of cultivating and fostering the kinds of relations needed to maintain human and more-than-human diversity and calls attention to the quality of the relationships needed for life to flourish.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 240 pages
Publication date: 19 January 2023
Publisher: University of Toronto Press

Didier Zúñiga's book "Pluralist Politics, Relational Worlds" explores the potential for dialogue and mutual understanding between humans and more-than-human worlds. It responds to the need for more democratic ways of listening to, giving voice to, and caring for the diverse beings that inhabit the earth. Drawing on ecology and sustainability in democratic theory, Zúñiga demonstrates the transformative potential of a relational ethics that extends beyond human animals to encompass the multiplicity of beings on earth and the relationships in which they are entangled. The book offers ways of cultivating and fostering the kinds of relations that are necessary to maintain human and more-than-human diversity in order for life to persist. It also highlights the quality of the relationships that are necessary for life to flourish, advancing our understanding of the diversity of pluralism. Ultimately, "Pluralist Politics, Relational Worlds" challenges us to question our own condition of human animality and reconsider the relations we entertain with one another and with more-than-human forms of life on earth.

Weight: 330g
Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781487548391