Environmental resistance in the Anthropocene

oleh: Lynda M. Collins

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: OƱati International Institute for the Sociology of Law 2020-12-01

Deskripsi

Scientists describe the current &ldquo;Anthropocene epoch&rdquo; as one of profound anthropogenic disruptions in the ecosphere that place humanity at an unacceptable risk. This unprecedented ecological moment in human history is rooted in profoundly unsustainable patterns of production and consumption protected by liberal power structures expressed through law. The exigencies of the Anthropocene call us to expand the subjects of resistance to include future generations of humans, plants, non-human animals, ecosystems and &ldquo;non-living&rdquo; natural entities (such as water, air and climatic systems). Since these constituencies cannot resist in a socio-political sense, their representation in current socio-political systems will depend upon &ldquo;an insurrection of subjugated knowledges&rdquo; (Foucault 1980, p. 81) including Indigenous law, pre-modern holistic traditions of Western legal thought, and emerging theories of ecological law. This article will explore these approaches as possible paths forward in the Anthropocene, employing a comparative law perspective that considers relevant jurisprudence and policy developments from around the globe. <br /><br /> Los cient&iacute;ficos describen la &eacute;poca antropocena actual como una &eacute;poca de profundas perturbaciones antropog&eacute;nicas en la ecosfera, situando a la humanidad ante un peligro inaceptable. Este momento ecol&oacute;gico hunde sus ra&iacute;ces en modelos insostenibles de producci&oacute;n y consumo, protegidos por estructuras de poder liberales. Las exigencias del Antropoceno nos urgen a incluir entre los sujetos de la resistencia a generaciones futuras de humanos, plantas, animales no humanos, ecosistemas y entes &ldquo;no vivos&rdquo; (como el agua, el aire y los sistemas clim&aacute;ticos). Como esas entidades no pueden ejercer resistencia en un sentido sociopol&iacute;tico, su representaci&oacute;n depender&aacute; de &ldquo;una insurrecci&oacute;n de conocimientos subyugados&rdquo; (Foucault 1980, p. 81), incluyendo leyes ind&iacute;genas, tradiciones hol&iacute;sticas premodernas de pensamiento jur&iacute;dico occidental y teor&iacute;as jur&iacute;dicas ecol&oacute;gicas emergentes. Este art&iacute;culo examina tales enfoques, utilizando una perspectiva jur&iacute;dica comparativa que toma en consideraci&oacute;n jurisprudencia relevante y desarrollos de pol&iacute;ticas en todo el mundo. <br /><br /> <strong>Available from: </strong><a href="https://doi.org/10.35295/osls.iisl/0000-0000-0000-1048" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.35295/osls.iisl/0000-0000-0000-1048</a>