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The ethics and rhetoric of invasion ecology / edited by James Stanescu and Kevin Cummings.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Ecocritical theory and practice.
- Ecocritical theory and practice
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Biological invasions--Philosophy.
- Biological invasions.
- Introduced organisms--Control--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Introduced organisms.
- Introduced organisms--Ecology.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (189 pages).
- Distribution:
- New York : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), 2025.
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham : Lexington Books, [2017]
- Summary:
- The Ethics and Rhetoric of Invasion Ecology provides an introduction to the controversial treatment and ongoing violence routinely utilized against non-native species. Drawing from the tradition of critical animal scholars, Stanescu and Cummings have assembled a group of advocates who argue for a different kind of relationship with foreign species. Where contemporary approaches often emphasize the need to eradicate ecological invaders in order to preserve delicate habitats, the essays in this volume aim to reformulate the debate by arguing for an alternative approach that advances the possibility of an ethics of co-habitation.
- Contents:
- Introduction: When Species Invade James K. Stanescu 1.Beyond the Management of Pe(s)ts: Zoomimicry in an Age of Catastrophic Environmental Change Matthew Calarco 2.Alien Ecology, Or, How to Make Ontological Pluralism James K. Stanescu 3.Guests, Pests, or Terrorists? Speciesed Ethics and the Colonial Intelligibility of "Invasive" Others Rebekah Sinclair and Anna Pringle 4.The Judas Pig: How we Kill "Invasive Species" on the Excuse of "Protecting Nature" Vasile Stanescu 5.Spectacles of Belonging: (Un)documenting Citizenship in a Multispecies World Banu Subramaniam 6.Welcoming the Stranger: Coercive Reproduction and Invasive Species Kelsey Cummings and Kevin Cummings 7.Paradise and Warfare: Aldo Leopold and the Rhetorical Origins of Restoration Ecology Casey Schmitt 8.Rooting for the Unrooted: Invasive Species and Uncanny Ecosystems in Peter Carey's "Exotic Pleasures" Mica Hilson
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-9787-3659-2
- 1-4985-3831-2
- OCLC:
- 986634029
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