Rethinking Invasion Ecologies from the Environmental Humanities

ISBN 10: 041571656X / ISBN 13: 9780415716567

Published by Routledge, 2014

About this Item

Editor(s): McCalman, Iain; Frawley, Jodi. Series: Routledge Environmental Humanities. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: PSAF; RNCB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 521. . 2014. 1st Edition. hardcover. . . . .

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Rethinking Invasion Ecologies from the Environmental Humanities
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 041571656X
• ISBN 13: 9780415716567
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Research from a humanist perspective has much to offer in interrogating the social and cultural ramifications of invasion ecologies. The impossibility of securing national boundaries against accidental transfer and the unpredictable climatic changes of our time have introduced new dimensions and hazards to this old issue. Written by a team of international scholars, this book allows us to rethink the impact on national, regional or local ecologies of the deliberate or accidental introduction of foreign species, plant and animal. Modern environmental approaches that treat nature with naïve realism or mobilize it as a moral absolute, unaware or unwilling to accept that it is informed by specific cultural and temporal values, are doomed to fail. Instead, this book shows that we need to understand the complex interactions of ecologies and societies in the past, present and future over the Anthropocene, in order to address problems of the global environmental crisis. It demonstrates how humanistic methods and disciplines can be used to bring fresh clarity and perspective on this long vexed aspect of environmental thought and practice.

Students and researchers in environmental studies, invasion ecology, conservation biology, environmental ethics, environmental history and environmental policy will welcome this major contribution to environmental humanities.

About the Author

Jodi Frawley is a Discovery Early Career Researcher Award Fellow in the Department of Gender and Cultural Studies, University of Sydney, Australia.

Iain McCalman is a Professorial Research Fellow in History, University of Sydney. He is Co-Director of the new Sydney University Environment Institute, Australia.