Paradigm Wars
Indigenous Peoples' Resistance to Globalization
1st Edition
Published on 31. October 2006
Book
Paperback/Softback
250 pages
978-1-57805-132-8 (ISBN)
Description
Best-selling author and cultural critic Jerry Mander has challenged dominant cultural mind-sets in books such as is the first major work to comprehensively illuminate this shameful scenario. In firsthand reports by twenty-five indigenous and nonindigenous writers, the book details the devastating impacts of extractive industries and bioprospecting, the degrading of cultural artifacts and languages, even the damage done by some well-meaning conservation groups. The book also highlights how indigenous communities are strongly resisting this onslaught, often with amazing success. Anyone concerned with environmental or social justice will find inspiration in their resistance.
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Language
English
Place of publication
San Francisco
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
27 b/w photos
Dimensions
Height: 260 mm
Width: 203 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
567 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-57805-132-8 (9781578051328)
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Content
Acknowledgements Part One. CULTURE CLASH 1. Introduction: Globalization and the Assault on Indigenous Resources 2. Our Right to Remain Separate and Distinct 3. Aspects of Traditional Knowledge and Worldview 4. Community: "Sharing One Skin" 5. Amautawasi Quechuan University Part Two. GLOBALIZATION: RULES OF THE GAME 6. World Bank and IMF Impacts on Indigenous Economies 7. How the World Trade Organization Diminishes Native Sovereignty 8. HighTech Invasion: Biocolonialism 9. TRIPs Agreement: From the Commons to Corporate Patents on Life Part Three. DIVERSE IMPACTS ON INDIGENOUS PEOPLES 10. Infrastructure Development in South American Amazon 11. Climate Change in the Arctic 12. ABombs to Star Wars--The Fifty Years War on Marshall Islanders 13. Global Water Wars 14. Sacred Objects, Art and Nature in a Global Economy 15. Conservation Refugees 16. Mixed Promises of Ecotourism 17. The Fall and Rise of a Native Language 18. Genetic Pollution of Mayan Corn Part Four. FOCUS ON EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES 19. Ogoni People of Nigeria Versus Big Oil 20. The Philippine Mining Act of 1995 21. Briefing Reports Part Five. TURNING POINTS 22. Report from "The Heart of the Earth" 23. Bolivia's Indigenous Revolution 24. Indian Country: "The Saudi Arabia of Wind" 25. Indigenous Brief to WTO: How the Denial of Aboriginal Title Serves as an Illegal Export Subsidy 26. The Prospect Ahead 27. Epilogue: Summary and Final Comments Appendix