Uncommon Cause (eBook)

Living for Environmental Justice in Kerala

John Mathias (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2024
276 Seiten
University of California Press (Verlag)
978-0-520-39552-7 (ISBN)

Infos

How can activists strike a balance between fighting for a cause and sustaining relationships with family, friends, and neighbors?Uncommon Causefollows environmental justice activists in Kerala, India, as they seek out, avoid, or strive to overcome conflicts between their causes and their community ties. John Mathiasfinds twocontrasting approaches,each offering distinctpossibilitiesfor anactivist life. One set of activists repudiates community ties and resists normative pressures; for them, environmental justice becomes a way of transcending all local identities and affiliations, even humanity itself. Other activists seek to ground their activism in community belonging, to fight for their own people. Each approach produces its own dilemmas and offers its own insights into ethical tensions we all face between taking a stand and standing with others. In sharing Kerala activists' diverse stories,Uncommon Causeoffers a fresh perspective on environmental ethics, showing that environmentalism, even as it looks beyond merely human concerns, is still fundamentally about how we relate to other people.

Inhalt

Contents

List of Illustrations 
Acknowledgments 
Note on Translation and Orthography 

Introduction: Activist Lives 
1. Living for the People 
2. Living for Our People 
3. Uncommon Subjects 
4. Unquiet Objects 
Conclusion: Life Beyond Activism 

Appendix: Note on Methods 
Notes 
Bibliography 
Index
 

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 2.5.2024
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik
• Schlagworte: caste • Community • Environmental Ethics • environmental justice movements in India • ethnography • Kerala social movement history • localness • Manamur Action Council • Nature Cure • pollution • Protest • radical activists • South Asian activism • Street Politics
• ISBN-10: 0-520-39552-2 / 0520395522
• ISBN-13: 978-0-520-39552-7 / 9780520395527