Everyday Environmentalism: Creating an Urban Political Ecology

by Alex Loftus

Book Overview

Everyday Environmentalism develops a conversation between marxist theories of everyday life and recent work in urban political ecology, arguing for a philosophy of praxis in relation to the politics of urban environments. Grounding its theoretical debate in empirical studies of struggles to obtain water in the informal settlements of Durban, South Africa, as well as in the creative acts of insurgent art activists in London, Alex Loftus builds...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816665729
• ISBN13: 9780816665723
• Release Date: January 2012
• Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 8.4"