The Ecology Politic

“Burke and Fishel have written the most thoroughgoing ecological revisioning of the social contract I have ever read. If only Hobbes, Locke, and Rousseau and their ilk had started here!”
—Robyn Eckersley, Redmond Barry Distinguished Professor in Political Science, University of Melbourne

“This engaging book questions extractivism, the nation-state, and sovereignty to develop a theory of collective responsibility that will be critical for shaping transformative governance and advancing a just society for humans and nonhumans.”
—Joyeeta Gupta, Distinguished Professor in Climate Justice, Sustainability, and Global Constitutionalism, University of Amsterdam

“The Ecology Politic thoroughly exposes the ecological failings of contemporary politics and the ideas that support it. This landmark contribution to environmental political theory shows how to radically reimagine politics, democracy, and justice along multispecies and ecological lines.”
—John S. Dryzek, Distinguished Professor, University of Canberra; author of The Politics of the Earth

“[The Ecology Politic] is a necessary component of any future environmental ethics.”
—Choice

“Burke and Fishel’s book The Ecology Politic inhabits a productive and nuanced space between theory and practice which acknowledges the limits of the Anthropocene concept but also its generative potential.”
—Environmental Politics

Anthony Burke is Professor of Environmental Politics and International Relations at UNSW, Australia. His books include Beyond Security, Ethics and Violence, Uranium, and Institutionalizing Multispecies Justice.

Stefanie Fishel is Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations at the University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia. She is the author of The Microbial State, Environmentalism after Humanism, and Poe and the Microbiome.

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