Between Gaia and Ground: Four Axioms of Existence and the Ancestral Catastrophe of Late Liberalism

by Elizabeth A. Povinelli

Book Overview

In Between Gaia and Ground Elizabeth A. Povinelli theorizes the climatic, environmental, viral, and social catastrophe present as an ancestral catastrophe through which that Indigenous and colonized peoples have been suffering for centuries. In this way, the violence and philosophies the West relies on now threaten the West itself. Engaging with the work of Glissant, Deleuze and Guattari, C saire, and Arendt, Povinelli highlights four axioms...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1478014571
• ISBN13: 9781478014577
• Release Date: September 2021
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"