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‘Sacrifice zone’: The environment–territory–place of disposable lives

Author(s) -

Marcelo Lopes de Souza

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

community development journal

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.547

H-Index - 43

eISSN - 1468-2656

pISSN - 0010-3802

DOI - 10.1093/cdj/bsaa042

Subject(s) - sacrifice , subjectivity , space (punctuation) , neglect , power (physics) , sociology , production (economics) , environmental ethics , political economy , political science , geography , economics , psychology , philosophy , epistemology , physics , archaeology , quantum mechanics , psychiatry , macroeconomics , linguistics

‘Sacrifice zone’ is how a certain type of segregated and stigmatized space has become internationally known. In such a space, the physical and mental health and the quality of life of human beings are compromised in the name of ‘economic development’ or ‘progress’ – but ultimately for the sake of capitalist interests. This article offers a discussion of how environmental issues, power relations and the production of subjectivity intersect in the production of a kind of space that is typical of how residential segregation correlates with patterns of industrial location and the neglect of the health and well-being of the poor by the state apparatus in the (semi) periphery of the capitalist world system.

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