Political Ecology in Latin America: the Social Re-Appropriation of Nature, the Reinvention of Territories and the Construction of an Environmental Rationality
Por:
Porto-Goncalves, Carlos Walter, Leff, Enrique
Publicada:
1 dic 2015
Resumen:
Political ecology is the disciplinary and political field regarding the
encountering of different rationalities for the social appropriation of
nature and the construction of a sustainable future. This historical
purpose demands the deconstruction of theories and practices built on
the foundations of scientific, economic, technological and political
modern rationality, inscribed in national and international institutions
of the globalized world and rooted in the life-worlds of the people, to
establish new socio-environmental relations. Political ecology operates
this deconstruction not only in theory, but through emancipation
practices of those people engaged in struggles for the reinvention of
their identities and the re-appropriation of their bio-cultural
territories. Environmental rationality deconstructs the economic
rationality by constructing an eco-technological-cultural paradigm of
production founded on the principle of negentropic productivity. The
conditions of life of diverse cultures, registered on people's
imaginaries and practices, reemerge today in the re-signification and
re-affirmation of cultural identities in their struggles for the
re-appropriation of nature and re-territorialization of their
life-worlds.
Filiaciones:
Porto-Goncalves, Carlos Walter:
Univ Fed Fluminense, Niteroi, RJ, Brazil
Leff, Enrique:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico
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