{"product_id":"9780262037648","title":"Global Warming and the Sweetness of Life","description":"Author: Hern, Matt\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780262037648\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: RANDOM HOUSE US\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 30 Mar 2018\u003cbr\u003ePages: 232 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eb\u0026gt;Seeking new definitions of ecology in the tar sands of northern Alberta and searching for the sweetness of life in the face of planetary crises.\/b\u0026gt;p\u0026gt;Confounded by global warming and in search of an affirmative politics that links ecology with social change, Matt Hern and Am Johal set off on a series of road trips to the tar sands of northern Alberta-perhaps the world's largest industrial site, dedicated to the dirty work of extracting oil from Alberta's vast reserves. Traveling from culturally liberal, self-consciously \"green\" Vancouver, and aware that our well-meaning performances of recycling and climate-justice marching are accompanied by constant driving, flying, heating, and fossil-fuel consumption, Hern and Johal want to talk to people whose lives and fortunes depend on or are imperiled by extraction. They are seeking new definitions of ecology built on a renovated politics of land. Traveling with them is their friend Joe Sacco-infamous journalist and cartoonist, teller of complex stories from Gaza to Paris-who contributes illustrations and insights and a chapter-length comic about the contradictions of life in an oil town. The epic scale of the ecological horror is captured through an series of stunning color photos by award-winning aerial photographer Louis Helbig.\/p\u0026gt;p\u0026gt;Seamlessly combining travelogue, sophisticated political analysis, and ecological theory, speaking both to local residents and to leading scholars, the authors propose a new understanding of ecology that links the domination of the other-than-human world to the domination of humans by humans. They argue that any definition of ecology has to start with decolonizationand that confronting global warming requires a politics that speaks to a different way of being in the world-a reconstituted understanding of the sweetness of life.\/p\u0026gt;p\u0026gt;Published with the help of funding from Furthermore- a program of the J. M. Kaplan fund\/p\u0026gt;","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47953439785118,"sku":"ING-9780262037648","price":44.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780262037648.jpg?v=1783558645","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780262037648","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}