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Podcast: New Books in Political Science
Episode: Omar Dahbour, "Ecosovereignty: A Political Principle for the Environmental Crisis" (Routledge, 2024)
Description: Part of what makes the challenges that collectively are called the âenvironmental crisisâ so difficult is that the vocabulary we deploy in thinking and discussing the issues emerged under social conditions that are far removed from our present. The familiar idiom of nation states, borders, jurisdiction, and so on seems inadequate for addressing a crisis that concerns global conditions. Itâs plausible to think that a cogent response to the environmental crisis will require a reconstruction of the conceptual tools of social and political theory.In his new book, Ecosovereignty: A Political Principle for the Environmental Crisis (Routledg...