The Regional Balance of Man

Mukerjee, Radhakamal

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“…The system entails forms of bonded labor that were “more inhuman than the old system of domestic slavery.” The system also has devastating ecological effects. “Labor is,” he says, “demoralized by the herding of masses of men, recruited from the countryside, into the plantation centers….Not merely are the surrounding agriculture and stock‐raising ignored, but there is also a progressive exhaustion of the soil owing to continuous cultivation of a single crop” (Mukerjee, 1926, p. 203). He describes this as a “slow injection of poison into their system [colonized societies] by conscienceless members of civilized peoples” (Mukerjee, 1926, p. 240).…”

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“…“Labor is,” he says, “demoralized by the herding of masses of men, recruited from the countryside, into the plantation centers….Not merely are the surrounding agriculture and stock‐raising ignored, but there is also a progressive exhaustion of the soil owing to continuous cultivation of a single crop” (Mukerjee, 1926, p. 203). He describes this as a “slow injection of poison into their system [colonized societies] by conscienceless members of civilized peoples” (Mukerjee, 1926, p. 240). This was a novel conception of the social that went hand‐in‐hand with anticolonial critique.…”

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Thinking against empire: Anticolonial thought as social theory

2023

British Journal of Sociology

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Sociology was born in the late 19th and early 20th centuries as a project in, of, and for empire. This essay excavates a tradition of social thought that grew alongside metropolitan sociology but has been marginalized by it: anticolonial thought. Emerging from anticolonial movements, writers and thinkers, anticolonial thought in 19th and 20th centuries emerged from a variety of thinkers (from indigenous activists in the Americas to educated elites in the American, Francophone and British colonies). I argue that this body of thought offers distinct visions of society, social relations, and social structure, along with generative analytic approaches to the social self, social solidarity and global relations-among other themes. Anticolonial thought offers the basis for an alternative canon and corpus of sociological thinking to which we might turn as we seek to revitalize and decolonize sociology.

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Thinking against empire: Anticolonial thought as social theory

2023

British Journal of Sociology

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“…Sociology engages with environmental ‘big issues’ at multiple levels, but, despite Radhakama Mukerjee’s (1930a, 1930b) early plea for an ecological sociology, ecology is not routinely integrated into core sociological business or across its specialisms (Macnaghten and Urry, 1998; Murphy, 1995). Indeed, concern with natural world environmental issues has been somewhat ghettoised (Grundmann and Stehr, 2010; Lever-Tracy, 2008).…”

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“…This reminder is necessary because the fundamental entanglements of relational selves, social worlds, political agency and creative worldmaking are obfuscated by some sociological theorising. Having laid this aside, I indicate possibilities of deeper engagement between sociologies of personal life and environmental sociologies through overlap in their empirically grounded theoretical directions, including the renewed emphasis on relationality, interests in re-critiquing the 'individualisation thesis', efforts to transcend separation of micro-macro social worlds in usages of 'practice' and, finally, in mutual areas of concern with I/we boundaries Sociology engages with environmental 'big issues' at multiple levels, but, despite Radhakama Mukerjee's (1930aMukerjee's ( , 1930b early plea for an ecological sociology, ecology is not routinely integrated into core sociological business or across its specialisms (Macnaghten and Urry, 1998;Murphy, 1995). Indeed, concern with natural world environmental issues has been somewhat ghettoised (Grundmann and Stehr, 2010;Lever-Tracy, 2008).…”

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Sociologies of Personal Relationships and the Challenge of Climate Change

Jamieson

2019

Sociology

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The substantive concerns and theoretical insights of sociologies of family, intimate and personal life ought to place this body of work in closer dialogue with environmental sociology over the ‘big issue’ of climate change. However, its research active practitioners typically have a narrower repertoire of engagement with global issues and those who are outside the topic area often miss the value of its contributions. This article discusses common ground between this specialist area and sociologies of environmental issues in unpacking processes of social change through empirically grounded theoretical work. This includes the renewed theoretical emphasis on relationality, empirically based critique of the ‘individualisation thesis’, uses of ‘practice’ to transcend ‘micro’–‘macro’ and ‘social’–‘natural’ divisions, and interest in I/we boundary shifts. More fully recognising the potential of this overlapping territory may help leverage more effective sociological responses to the global challenge of climate change.

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“…Reducing the raven population is crucial to protecting the desert tortoise population because raven predation has been linked as a contributing factor to their decline (Boarman, 1993(Boarman, , 1997(Boarman, , 2003Kristan & Boarman, 2003). As Mukerjee (1930) so pointedly observed so many years ago, "A change in any one fact of the environment brings about a complete change in the milieu, and man is a part of the processes by which the balance of the region is maintained or shifted".…”

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Using GIS to Analyze a Predator-Prey Relationship of the Common Raven and Desert Tortoise

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The common raven and desert tortoise are species both native to the Mojave Desert in southern California. For the last several decades, however, the raven population has increased significantly, while the desert tortoise population has declined to the point where it has been listed as a threatened species by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the Endangered Species Act. Prior studies have clearly demonstrated that predation by ravens is one cause of tortoise mortality; however, the correlation between raven population growth, predation locations, and surrounding features within the Mojave Desert (particularly anthropogenic) is less clear. This study focused on collecting and analyzing data on raven predation and habitat using ArcGIS in order to develop better management strategies for controlling raven population growth and increasing survival rates for desert tortoises. This project is a joint effort between the University of Redlands and the USFWS.

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The Regional Balance of Man

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Thinking against empire: Anticolonial thought as social theory

Thinking against empire: Anticolonial thought as social theory

Sociologies of Personal Relationships and the Challenge of Climate Change

Using GIS to Analyze a Predator-Prey Relationship of the Common Raven and Desert Tortoise

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