Between Gaia and Ground: Four Axioms of Existence and the Ancestral Catastrophe of Late Liberalism
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Between Gaia and Ground: Four Axioms of Existence and the Ancestral Catastrophe of Late Liberalism

Between Gaia and Ground: Four Axioms of Existence and the Ancestral Catastrophe of Late Liberalism

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Elizabeth A. Povinelli (Author)  

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In Between Gaia and Ground Elizabeth A. Povinelli theorizes the climatic, environmental, viral, and social catastrophe present as an ancestral catastrophe through which that Indigenous and colonized peoples have been suffering for centuries. In this way, the violence and philosophies the West relies on now threaten the West itself. Engaging with the work of Glissant, Deleuze and Guattari, Cesaire, and Arendt, Povinelli highlights four axioms of existence-the entanglement of existence, the unequal distribution of power, the collapse of the event as essential to political thought, and the legacies of racial and colonial histories. She traces these axioms' inspiration in anticolonial struggles against the dispossession and extraction that have ruined the lived conditions for many on the planet. By examining the dynamic and unfolding forms of late liberal violence, Povinelli attends to a vital set of questions about changing environmental conditions, the legacies of violence, and the limits of inherited Western social theory. Between Gaia and Ground also includes a glossary of the keywords and concepts that Povinelli has developed throughout her work. 5 illustrations
Elizabeth A. Povinelli is Franz Boas Professor of Anthropology and Gender Studies at Columbia University and founding member of the Karrabing Film Collective. Her most recent book is The Inheritance, also published by Duke University Press.
  • Contributor: Elizabeth A. Povinelli
  • Imprint: Duke University Press
  • ISBN13: 9781478014577
  • Number of Pages: 200
  • Packaged Dimensions: 152x229mm
  • Packaged Weight: 272
  • Format: Paperback
  • Publisher: Duke University Press
  • Release Date: 2021-09-30
  • Binding: Paperback / softback
  • Biography: Elizabeth A. Povinelli is Franz Boas Professor of Anthropology and Gender Studies at Columbia University and founding member of the Karrabing Film Collective. Her most recent book is The Inheritance, also published by Duke University Press.

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