Natural Subjects: Nature and Political Community

Kimberly K. Smith

Environmental Values, 2006, vol. 15, issue 3, pages 343-353

Abstract: Environmental political theory poses new challenges to our received political concepts and values. Increasingly, we are reconceptualising nature as a subject rather than solely an object of politics. On one front, we are being challenged to think of natural entities as subjects of justice - as bearers of rights or interests that the political system should accommodate. On a second front, we are being challenged to see nature as a subject of power, constructed and ordered through scientific and political practice. These reconceptualisations have significant implications for our political practices and institutions.

Keywords: Nature; power; justice; environmental politics; environmental justice; Green political theory (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q28 H00 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006

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