{"product_id":"9781509570515","title":"Loving the Earth Undoing Colonial Inhabitation","description":"\u003ch3\u003eCritical South\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eLoving the Earth\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eUndoing Colonial Inhabitation\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eMalcom Ferdinand | Stephen Muecke\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eHistory \/ Caribbean \u0026amp; West Indies \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis wide-ranging and ambitious book takes up the story of a quest for a new relation with the Earth, one that uproots the violence inherited from slavery and colonization, and it begins in the Caribbean islands of Martinique and Guadeloupe. In these former French colonies, now overseas departments of France, the use of organic pollutants and endocrine disruptors such as pesticides after the Second World War led to widespread environmental contamination and devastating outcomes for the local population. Malcom Ferdinand focuses on one pesticide in particular, which was used extensively in the growing of bananas for European consumers and is now found in the blood of over ninety per cent of Antilleans, and is associated with severe health risks.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFerdinand's analysis of chlordecone shows how, in modernity, colonization and environmental destruction were falsely treated as separate issues. His mode of inquiry is truly interdisciplinary, bringing together a wealth of historical, philosophical, scientific, epidemiological, legal, economic and sociological perspectives. \u003ci\u003eLoving the Earth\u003c\/i\u003e also contains narratives of decolonial revolts – political, legal, scientific and artistic – in the face of this lasting injustice. In the wake of centuries of dehumanization and renewed environmental damage, this book offers an emancipating horizon based on the principles of justice and dignity, and grounded in a politics of love of the Earth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMalcom Ferdinand\u003c\/b\u003e is a researcher in political ecology and environmental humanities at the CNRS and Université Paris Dauphine-PSL.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e18 May 2027\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePolity Press\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePolity\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781509570515\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e328\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Polity Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":62349858570380,"sku":"9781509570515","price":24.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781509570515.jpg?v=1791402738","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781509570515","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}