Aporias of Ecological Thought

Debates in ecological social theory are characterised by dualisms of nature and society. The author proposes the notion ‘ecological aporias’ to account for these dualisms, focusing on three landmark examples thought over past four decades from Niklas Luhmann, Bruno Latour Jason W. Moore. He shows persistence this work paradoxes intractable contradictions revolving around nature/society dualism. Rather than trying dissolve aporias, he draws recent eco-deconstruction suggest that is itself an aporetic category enables a new perspective political ecology age climate crisis. Rejecting Latour’s identification with politics dwelling, argues change demands we recognise forms life irreducible ontological security which concept has long been based.