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(In)secure environments and the domination of nature: introduction to themed section
Author(s) -
Philo Chris
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
the geographical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.071
H-Index - 64
eISSN - 1475-4959
pISSN - 0016-7398
DOI - 10.1111/geoj.12165
Subject(s) - section (typography) , humanity , dialectic , enlightenment , relation (database) , session (web analytics) , situated , sociology , thematic map , media studies , environmental ethics , political science , epistemology , geography , philosophy , law , computer science , cartography , world wide web , operating system , database , artificial intelligence
This editorial introduces a four‐paper thematic section on ‘Insecure environments’, growing out of a conference session held in 2012. Through an excursion into A dorno and H orkheimer's D ialectic of Enlightenment (1979), themes are identified to do with the dialectic of security and insecurity, as played out in humanity's modern dealings with nature. The four papers are then formally outlined and situated in relation to these themes of (in)secure environments, the domination of nature and its many repercussions.