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Slow Violence and the Environmentalism of the Poor

Paperback • 2013 • English

Slow Violence and the Environmentalism of the Poor

By Rob Nixon

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About the book

“Groundbreaking in its call to reconsider our approach to the slow rhythm of time in the very concrete realms of environmental health and social justice.” —Wold Literature Today The violence wrought by climate change, toxic drift, deforestation, oil spills, and the environmental aftermath of war takes place gradually and often invisibly. Using the innovative concept of "slow violence" to describe these threats, Rob Nixon focuses on the inattention we have paid to the attritional lethality of ma...Show more

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9780674072343

Publisher

Harvard University Press

Published year

2013

Language

English

Original title

Slow Violence and the Environmentalism of the Poor

Format

Paperback

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