This article aims at exploring how Foucauldian categories such as biopolitics and governmentality – both liberal and neoliberal – can shed new light on discursive formations that have become mainstream in recent years, namely those of green economy and biomimicry. While the former is a capitalist attempt to incorporate the environmental limit as a new terrain for accumulation and valorization, the latter proposes the imitation of natural systems to reduce negative environmental impacts without sacrificing economic growth. Overall, the article discusses and criticizes the conditions of possibility that allowed these conceptualizations to emerge and function in contemporary neoliberal societies.
For a Critique of Neoliberal Carbon Trading. A Foucauldian Perspective on Ecological Crisis and Biomimicry / Leonardi, E. - In: SOFT POWER, REVISTA EURO-AMERICANA DE TEORÍA E HISTORIA DE LA POLÍTICA. - ISSN 2389-8232. - 5:1(2017).
For a Critique of Neoliberal Carbon Trading. A Foucauldian Perspective on Ecological Crisis and Biomimicry
Leonardi E
2017-01-01
Abstract
This article aims at exploring how Foucauldian categories such as biopolitics and governmentality – both liberal and neoliberal – can shed new light on discursive formations that have become mainstream in recent years, namely those of green economy and biomimicry. While the former is a capitalist attempt to incorporate the environmental limit as a new terrain for accumulation and valorization, the latter proposes the imitation of natural systems to reduce negative environmental impacts without sacrificing economic growth. Overall, the article discusses and criticizes the conditions of possibility that allowed these conceptualizations to emerge and function in contemporary neoliberal societies.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
