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The open veins of modernity : ecological crisis and the legacy of Byzantium and Pre-Columbian America /

The ecological crisis is the result of modernity's coloniality. The Moderns considered the Earth as 'natural resources' at their disposal. Their colonial vision of nature was complemented by that of nonmodern cultures like Byzantium and pre-Columbian America as passive or primitive, r...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kefala, Eleni (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2024.
Series:Cambridge elements. Elements in environmental humanities.
Subjects:
Nature > Effect of human beings on.
Nature and civilization.
Climate and civilization.
Imperialism and science.
Êtres humains > Influence sur la nature.
Nature et civilisation.
Climat et civilisation.
Impérialisme et sciences.

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