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Sentient Ecologies

Xenophobic Imaginaries of Landscape

Alexandra Coțofană editor Hikmet Kuran editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Berghahn Books

Publishing:1st Feb '25

£15.95

This title is due to be published on 1st February, and will be despatched as soon as possible.

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Employing methodological perspectives from the fields of political geography, environmental studies, anthropology, and their cognate disciplines, this volume explores alternative logics of sentient landscapes as racist, xenophobic, and right-wing. While the field of sentient landscapes has gained critical attention, the literature rarely seems to question the intentionality of sentient landscapes, which are often romanticized as pure, good, and just, and perceived as protectors of those who are powerless, indigenous, and colonized. The book takes a new stance on sentient landscapes with the intention of dispelling the denial of “coevalness” represented by their scholarly romanticization.

“Enriched by contributions focused on different regions and blending historiographic, ethnographic and media materials, Coțofană and Kuran’s volume is a much-needed reminder about the troublesome connections linking theories of environmental sentience, landscape representations, and nationalism.”• Piergiorgio Di Giminiani, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

“This is a timely book that tackles some of the most divisive dynamics contemporary liberal democratic societies across the world are grappling with. It looks at exclusionary, xenophobic, and reactionary ideas and practices by focusing on the ways people engage with their natural surroundings.”• Annika Lems, Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology

ISBN: 9781805397526

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: unknown

288 pages