Radical Environmental Resistance: Love, Rage and Hope in an Era of Climate and Biodiversity Breakdown

Radical Environmental Resistance demystifies activists' ecological worldviews, tactical motivations, and diagnostic and prognostic framings, providing a succinct overview of key aspects of contemporary radical environmental movements. It discusses the ethics and salience of radical tactics and attempts by state, media, and corporate actors to criminalize and delegitimize environmental activism.

Format: Unspecified
Length: 120 pages
Publication date: 21 November 2023
Publisher: Emerald Publishing Limited

Radical Environmental Resistance is a groundbreaking book that delves into the complex world of environmental activism, offering a comprehensive analysis of the ecological perspectives, tactical motivations, and diagnostic and prognostic framings of radical environmentalists. Recognizing the mounting socioeconomic inequality, a climate system in disarray, and a collapse of biodiversity that poses a significant threat to the viability of life on Earth for present and future generations, the book aims to demystify the ecological worldviews, motivations, and framing of radical environmental activists.

Heather Alberro, the author, provides a concise overview of key aspects of contemporary radical environmental movements. Through semi-structured interviews with activists from various environmental groups, as well as an analysis of activist websites and print materials, the book sheds light on the poorly understood aims and motivations of radical environmental activists as increasingly prominent actors in global environmental politics. Chapters feature a critical discussion of the ethics and salience of radical tactics, as well as the attempts by state, media, and corporate actors to criminalize and delegitimize environmental activism.

The book raises important questions about the effectiveness of mainstream policy and government approaches to addressing climate and biodiversity crises. It explores the role of direct action within times of severe social and ecological upheaval, evoking the rich and diverse world that radical environmental activists and indigenous environmental protectors are fighting for.

Radical Environmental Resistance offers a valuable contribution to the understanding of environmental activism and its implications for our planet's future. It provides a deeper insight into the motivations, strategies, and challenges faced by environmentalists, and encourages readers to consider alternative approaches to addressing the urgent environmental crises we face today.

Dimension: 229 x 152 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781837973798