Dwelling in the Age of Climate Change: The Ethics of Adaptation

Elaine Kelly

Published by Edinburgh University Press 2018

Dwelling in the Age of Climate Change

The Ethics of Adaptation

Elaine Kelly

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781474422970

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About this book

Explores the complex ethical dilemmas of human mobility in the context of climate change

Currently, adaptation policy for climate change prioritises economic and technological dimensions of governance and action. Now, Elaine Kelly brings continental theory into the conversation to explore the ethical dilemmas stemming from emerging global political crises of migration, displacement and communal relocation related to climate change. She argues that, in the era of anthropocentric climate change, an ‘ethos of dwelling’ must underpin adaptation practices.

Key Features

The first focused engagement to apply deconstruction and Levinasian ethics to the pressing and complex dilemmas of climate change and human mobility
Detailed case studies of Bangladesh, the Torres Strait Islands and Queensland in Australia and New Orleans in the US bring into sharp focus the ethics and politics of adapting to climate change and how this universal phenomenon is experienced unevenly by the poor and marginalised
Interdisciplinary and multi-methodological approach, relevant to disciplines from cultural studies to philosophy and from ecohumanities to international relations

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	v
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	viii
ABBREVIATIONS Publicly Available Download PDF	x
INTRODUCTION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
PART A
Chapter 1. THE ADAPTATION AGENDA Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	17
Chapter 2. RETHINKING ADAPTATION: AN ETHOS OF DWELLING Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	42
Chapter 3. THE MOBILITY AGENDA Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	61
PART B
Chapter 4. IN AND OUT OF PLACE: THE CASE OF BANGLADESH Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	89
Chapter 5. IN AND OUT OF PLACE: THE CASE OF THE TORRES STRAIT ISLANDS, AUSTRALIA Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	118
Chapter 6. HITTING THE GLOBAL NORTH: FROM CRISIS TO RECOVERY TO REBUILDING? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	143
CONCLUSION: A FUTURE, OTHERWISE THAN THIS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	165
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BIBLIOGRAPHY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	181
INDEX Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	206

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Language: English
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 224
Keywords: Politics

eBook

Published: March 24, 2022
ISBN: 9781474422970