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Imagining Extinction
The Cultural Meanings of Endangered Species
Taschenbuch von Ursula K. Heise
Sprache: Englisch

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We are currently facing the sixth mass extinction of species in the history of life on Earth, biologists claim--the first one caused by humans. Activists, filmmakers, writers, and artists are seeking to bring the crisis to the public's attention through stories and images that use the strategies of elegy, tragedy, epic, and even comedy. Imagining Extinction is the first book to examine the cultural frameworks shaping these narratives and images. Ursula K. Heise argues that understanding these stories and symbols is indispensable for any effective advocacy on behalf of endangered species. More than that, she shows how biodiversity conservation, even and especially in its scientific and legal dimensions, is shaped by cultural assumptions about what is valuable in nature and what is not. These assumptions are hardwired into even seemingly neutral tools such as biodiversity databases and laws for the protection of endangered species. Heise shows that the conflicts and convergences of biodiversity conservation with animal welfare advocacy, environmental justice, and discussions about the Anthropocene open up a new vision of multispecies justice. Ultimately, Imagining Extinction demonstrates that biodiversity, endangered species, and extinction are not only scientific questions but issues of histories, cultures, and values.
We are currently facing the sixth mass extinction of species in the history of life on Earth, biologists claim--the first one caused by humans. Activists, filmmakers, writers, and artists are seeking to bring the crisis to the public's attention through stories and images that use the strategies of elegy, tragedy, epic, and even comedy. Imagining Extinction is the first book to examine the cultural frameworks shaping these narratives and images. Ursula K. Heise argues that understanding these stories and symbols is indispensable for any effective advocacy on behalf of endangered species. More than that, she shows how biodiversity conservation, even and especially in its scientific and legal dimensions, is shaped by cultural assumptions about what is valuable in nature and what is not. These assumptions are hardwired into even seemingly neutral tools such as biodiversity databases and laws for the protection of endangered species. Heise shows that the conflicts and convergences of biodiversity conservation with animal welfare advocacy, environmental justice, and discussions about the Anthropocene open up a new vision of multispecies justice. Ultimately, Imagining Extinction demonstrates that biodiversity, endangered species, and extinction are not only scientific questions but issues of histories, cultures, and values.
Über den Autor
Ursula K. Heise is the Marcia H. Howard Chair in Literary Studies in the Department of English and the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability at the University of California, Los Angeles. Her books include Chronoschisms: Time, Narrative, and Postmodernism and Sense of Place and Sense of Planet: The Environmental Imagination of the Global.
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Erscheinungsjahr: 2016
Genre: Umwelt
Produktart: Nachschlagewerke
Rubrik: Ökologie
Medium: Taschenbuch
Seiten: 288
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780226358161
ISBN-10: 022635816X
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Heise, Ursula K.
Hersteller: The University of Chicago Press
Abbildungen: illustrations
Maße: 228 x 151 x 22 mm
Von/Mit: Ursula K. Heise
Erscheinungsdatum: 10.08.2016
Gewicht: 0,424 kg
preigu-id: 121226438
Über den Autor
Ursula K. Heise is the Marcia H. Howard Chair in Literary Studies in the Department of English and the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability at the University of California, Los Angeles. Her books include Chronoschisms: Time, Narrative, and Postmodernism and Sense of Place and Sense of Planet: The Environmental Imagination of the Global.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2016
Genre: Umwelt
Produktart: Nachschlagewerke
Rubrik: Ökologie
Medium: Taschenbuch
Seiten: 288
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780226358161
ISBN-10: 022635816X
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Heise, Ursula K.
Hersteller: The University of Chicago Press
Abbildungen: illustrations
Maße: 228 x 151 x 22 mm
Von/Mit: Ursula K. Heise
Erscheinungsdatum: 10.08.2016
Gewicht: 0,424 kg
preigu-id: 121226438
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