Understanding the Rights of Nature: A Critical Introduction

Mihnea Tanasescu

book: Understanding the Rights of Nature

Open Access Published by transcript Verlag 2022

Understanding the Rights of Nature

A Critical Introduction

Mihnea Tanasescu
Funded by: Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Volume 6 in the series Neue Ökologie

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783839454312

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About this book

Rivers, landscapes, whole territories: these are the latest entities to be touched by the relentless expansion of rights in our world. But what does it mean for a landscape to have rights? Why would anyone want to recognize such rights, and to what end? Is it a good idea, and does it come with risks? This book presents the logic behind giving nature rights and discusses the most important cases in which this has happened. Mihnea Tanasescu offers clear answers to the thorny questions that the intrusion of nature into law is sure to raise.

Author / Editor information

Mihnea Tanasescu, born in 1984, is a political ecologist with a background in human ecology, philosophy, and political science. He has published widely on the political representation of other than human beings. He was a research fellow of the Research Foundation Flanders (FWO) and a visiting fellow at the University of Auckland, NZ (Law), and the New School for Social Research, USA (Politics).

Reviews

O-Ton: »I have been following the idea and practice of giving rights to nature for more than a decade« - Mihnea Tanasescu on The Civil Animal at 25.05.2022.
https://bit.ly/3q2RVNE

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	1
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	5
Acknowledgments Open Access Download PDF	7
Chapter I: Introduction Open Access Download PDF	9
Chapter II: Rights Meet Nature A Brief History Open Access Download PDF	19
Chapter III: From Theory to Practice Open Access Download PDF	47
Chapter IV: Diversity of Practice Open Access Download PDF	73
Chapter V: The Perils of Totality A Short Foray into Modernist Thought Open Access Download PDF	95
Chapter VI: From Practice to Theory Open Access Download PDF	121
Chapter VII: Conclusions The Problem of Good Intentions Open Access Download PDF	147
Bibliography Open Access Download PDF	155

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: transcript Verlag
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 168
Keywords: Ecuador; New Zealand; Legal Personality; Law; Nature; Politics; Civil Society; Social Philosophy; Environmental Policy; Social Movements; Political Science

eBook

Published: January 27, 2022
ISBN: 9783839454312