Political ecology III: Who are ‘the people’?

TY - JOUR

T1 - Political ecology III

T2 - Who are ‘the people’?

AU - Loftus, Alex

PY - 2019/1/1

Y1 - 2019/1/1

N2 - Since its inception, political ecology has marshalled a variety of different understandings of the human subject. Confronted with the challenges of authoritarian populism, as well as the provocations of the Anthropocene, being explicit about such conceptualisations is increasingly necessary. In this third report, I review recent conceptualisations of the subject, beginning with how ‘the people’ have been invoked in authoritarian populist discourses. I then contrast such a perspective with the situated social subjects of everyday political ecology before considering the challenges posed to notions of a sovereign human subject. I conclude with a discussion of political ecological persons in praxis.

AB - Since its inception, political ecology has marshalled a variety of different understandings of the human subject. Confronted with the challenges of authoritarian populism, as well as the provocations of the Anthropocene, being explicit about such conceptualisations is increasingly necessary. In this third report, I review recent conceptualisations of the subject, beginning with how ‘the people’ have been invoked in authoritarian populist discourses. I then contrast such a perspective with the situated social subjects of everyday political ecology before considering the challenges posed to notions of a sovereign human subject. I conclude with a discussion of political ecological persons in praxis.

KW - interpellation

KW - political ecology

KW - populism

KW - subject formation

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85074866934&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1177/0309132519884632

DO - 10.1177/0309132519884632

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:85074866934

SN - 0309-1325

JO - Progress in human geography

JF - Progress in human geography

ER -