Democracy, Climate Change, and Environmental Justice

Taking its cue from Derrida's rethinking of political life as lifedeath, this essay argues that taking turns helps in conceptualizing the intra- and inter-generationally shared nature of democratic institutions. However, the generational taking turns with democratic power must be thought in con...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Mosaic (Winnipeg) 2015-09, Vol.48 (3), p.27-45
1. Verfasser:	FRITSCH, MATTHIAS
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Canada Capital punishment Climate change Climatic changes Death Deconstructionism Democracy Derrida, Jacques Environmental impact Environmental justice Generations Humans Mosaic Murders & murder attempts Normativity Philosophers Political aspects Political representation Politics Presentism Przeworski, Adam Social aspects Sovereignty Turn taking
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Zusammenfassung:	Taking its cue from Derrida's rethinking of political life as lifedeath, this essay argues that taking turns helps in conceptualizing the intra- and inter-generationally shared nature of democratic institutions. However, the generational taking turns with democratic power must be thought in conjunction with an environmental turning: not only do human generations seek to share sovereignty over subjects and the earth, but such human sovereignty is dependent upon a lateral turning with the earth.
ISSN:	0027-1276 1925-5683 1925-5683
DOI:	10.1353/mos.2015.0041