Geologic Life: Inhuman Intimacies and the Geophysics of Race

by Kathryn Yusoff

In Geologic Life, Kathryn Yusoff theorizes the processes by which race and racialization emerged geologically. Examining both the history of geology as a discipline and ongoing mineral and resource extraction, Yusoff locates forms of imperial geology embedded in Western and Enlightenment thought and highlights how it creates anti-Black, anti-Indigenous, and anti-Brown environmental and racial injustices. Throughout, she outlines how the disciplines...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1478026073
• ISBN13: 9781478026075
• Release Date: May 2024
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 608 Pages
• Weight: 2.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"