Negative Ecologies

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"Negative Ecologies provides a genuinely new historical analysis and nuanced ethnographic portrayal of the empire of oil. Bond captures a fundamental paradox of the taken-for-granted status of environmental management tools-thresholds and impact assessments- and specifically their role as gatekeepers, determining at what levels harm is constituted as safe, acceptable, and without corporate liability. Negative Ecologies is a must-read." * American Anthropologist * "Negative Ecologies is a prime ethnographic book on toxicity and disasters caused by the fossil fuel industry. Both beautifully and intricately written, the book offers various fundamental case studies of the social and environmental consequences and costs of our exemplary commodity - crude oil." * Anthropology Book Forum * "Whereas Adorno's negative dialectics attempted to resuscitate philosophy and ethics after the Holocaust, Bond's negative ecologies similarly try to rethink ecology in the ongoing catastrophe of the Anthropocene. . . . The range and breadth of detail from the multisite ethnographic fieldwork is a real strength, with a range of heartbreaking quotes from residents, Indigenous activists, and calculating corporate executives illustrating the human and ecological devastation that surrounds the oil industry." * Cultural Politics *