The Dialectical Agroecologist

by John Vandermeer and Ivette Perfecto

This book examines contradictions within the fields of food studies and agroecology, from the differences between traditional and scientific knowledge, to habitat fragmentation and connection, monocultures versus diverse farming systems, pest regulation, and the rural/urban dialectic. Building and expanding on the work of Richard Levins and Richard Lewontin, who used the dialectical method in the field of biology, this analysis includes examples from...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1009455834
• ISBN13: 9781009455831
• Release Date: November 2024
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 242 Pages
• Weight: 1.29 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.7" x 9.6"