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The Invention of Green Colonialism
Taschenbuch von Guillaume Blanc
Sprache: Englisch

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The story begins with a dream - the dream of Africa. Virgin forests, majestic mountains surrounded by savannas, vast plains punctuated with the rhythms of animal life where lions, elephants and giraffes reign as lords of nature, far from civilization - all of us carry such images in our heads, imagining Africa as a timeless Eden untouched by the ravages of modernity.

But this Africa has never existed. The more we destroy nature here, the more we fantasize about it in Africa. Along with UNESCO, the WWF and other organizations, we convince ourselves that the African national parks are protecting the last vestiges of a world once untouched and wild. In reality, argues Guillaume Blanc, these organizations are responsible for naturalizing large tracts of the African continent, turning territories into parks and forcibly evicting thousands of people from the lands where they have lived for centuries. Making use of archives and oral histories, Blanc investigates this battle for a phantom Africa and the contradictory claims of nations who destroy nature at home while believing that they are protecting the natural world abroad. In so doing, they enact a new type of colonialism: green colonialism.
The story begins with a dream - the dream of Africa. Virgin forests, majestic mountains surrounded by savannas, vast plains punctuated with the rhythms of animal life where lions, elephants and giraffes reign as lords of nature, far from civilization - all of us carry such images in our heads, imagining Africa as a timeless Eden untouched by the ravages of modernity.

But this Africa has never existed. The more we destroy nature here, the more we fantasize about it in Africa. Along with UNESCO, the WWF and other organizations, we convince ourselves that the African national parks are protecting the last vestiges of a world once untouched and wild. In reality, argues Guillaume Blanc, these organizations are responsible for naturalizing large tracts of the African continent, turning territories into parks and forcibly evicting thousands of people from the lands where they have lived for centuries. Making use of archives and oral histories, Blanc investigates this battle for a phantom Africa and the contradictory claims of nations who destroy nature at home while believing that they are protecting the natural world abroad. In so doing, they enact a new type of colonialism: green colonialism.
Über den Autor
Guillaume Blanc is a Lecturer in Contemporary History at Rennes 2 University. He is a junior member of the Institut universitaire de France.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Acknowledgements

History as a Starting Point: Preface to the English Edition

Introduction

Chapter 1: Deconstructing our Beliefs, (Re)-thinking Nature

Chapter 2: Turning Africa into Parkland (1850-1960

Chapter 3: A Special Project for Africa (1960-1965)

Chapter 4: The Expert and the Emperor (1965-1970)

Chapter 5: Violence Below the Surface of Nature (1970-1978)

Chapter 6: The Sustainable Development Trap (1978-1996)

Chapter 7: The Fiction of the Community Approach (1996-2009)

Chapter 8: The Roots of Injustice (2009-2019)

Conclusion

Looking Ahead: Afterword

Notes

Index
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2022
Genre: Soziologie
Rubrik: Wissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Seiten: 222
Inhalt: 180 S.
ISBN-13: 9781509550890
ISBN-10: 1509550895
Sprache: Englisch
Herstellernummer: 1A509550890
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Blanc, Guillaume
Übersetzung: Morrison, Helen
Hersteller: Wiley John + Sons
Polity
Maße: 214 x 137 x 18 mm
Von/Mit: Guillaume Blanc
Erscheinungsdatum: 24.06.2022
Gewicht: 0,312 kg
preigu-id: 120727705
Über den Autor
Guillaume Blanc is a Lecturer in Contemporary History at Rennes 2 University. He is a junior member of the Institut universitaire de France.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Acknowledgements

History as a Starting Point: Preface to the English Edition

Introduction

Chapter 1: Deconstructing our Beliefs, (Re)-thinking Nature

Chapter 2: Turning Africa into Parkland (1850-1960

Chapter 3: A Special Project for Africa (1960-1965)

Chapter 4: The Expert and the Emperor (1965-1970)

Chapter 5: Violence Below the Surface of Nature (1970-1978)

Chapter 6: The Sustainable Development Trap (1978-1996)

Chapter 7: The Fiction of the Community Approach (1996-2009)

Chapter 8: The Roots of Injustice (2009-2019)

Conclusion

Looking Ahead: Afterword

Notes

Index
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2022
Genre: Soziologie
Rubrik: Wissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Seiten: 222
Inhalt: 180 S.
ISBN-13: 9781509550890
ISBN-10: 1509550895
Sprache: Englisch
Herstellernummer: 1A509550890
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Blanc, Guillaume
Übersetzung: Morrison, Helen
Hersteller: Wiley John + Sons
Polity
Maße: 214 x 137 x 18 mm
Von/Mit: Guillaume Blanc
Erscheinungsdatum: 24.06.2022
Gewicht: 0,312 kg
preigu-id: 120727705
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