A Time to Die: The « American Way of Life » in the Anthropocene

Nevins, Joseph

doi:10.4000/bagf.1893

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“…On the global scale, the answer thus must include access to, and protection of, the global commons—not least in the form of a stable (by human historical standards) climate system—for current and future generations (see Wood ). Relatedly, it must challenge, in addition to the aforementioned “isms” of injustice, dys‐ecologism (Nevins , )—the appropriation by an ecologically privileged minority of an unsustainable and socially unjust share of the biosphere's resources and, relatedly, the grossly unequal allocation of life and death circumstances across the planet. In the case of the fight against climate change, this means not only radically cutting consumption and the production of greenhouse gas emissions (see Anderson and Nevins ), but also a re‐allocation of resources and the “right to pollute” away from ecologically privileged peoples and places to disadvantaged ones.…”

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“…But is also an accumulation of a more literal sort, one involving the growth of control over and exploitation of environmental resources by the world's privileged classes. Hence, it is tied to consumption and imperialism, processes that are associated with, but certainly not limited to capitalism (Nevins ).…”

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The Right to the World

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2017

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The global number of refugees, asylum seekers, and those displaced within their countries are at record levels in the post‐World War II era. Meanwhile, efforts by relatively wealthy and powerful nation‐states to exclude unwanted migrants through enhanced territorial control have reached unprecedented heights, producing great harm–most notably premature death–for many. The factors driving out‐migration from homelands made unviable, coupled with multiple forms of violence experienced by migrants, demonstrate the need for an expansion of rights–conceived of as both entitlements and sites of struggle. So, herein, I assert the need for “the right to the world”–specifically a right to mobility and a just share of the Earth's resources–to help realize the promise of a dignified life for all. In making the case for such, the article offers a critical analysis of the contemporary human rights regime and of the “right to the city”.

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