Book Review: Sheller, Mimi (2020) Island Futures: Caribbean Survival in the Anthropocene. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, pp. 226. ISBN:9781478010128
What alternatives to disaster recovery can we think of? What are the dynamics behind the ‘just recoveries’ of disasters? In ‘Island Futures’, Mimi Sheller invites us to envisage alternatives to development, disaster recovery and disaster capitalism in the Caribbean region. Thinking the Caribbean ma...
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What alternatives to disaster recovery can we think of? What are the dynamics behind the ‘just recoveries’ of disasters? In ‘Island Futures’, Mimi Sheller invites us to envisage alternatives to development, disaster recovery and disaster capitalism in the Caribbean region. Thinking the Caribbean mainly from the Haitian experience, Sheller reflects on the workings of uneven post-disaster recovery in an era where the human-made ecological crisis has become more evident. In sum, she invites us to reflect on the implications of an “ever-worsening climate change driven by neoliberal capitalism” that will only produce more disasters and perpetuate underdevelopment if nothing is done to reverse the current trajectory.
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| spelling | doaj.art-e7aefcb35ec8497ca6ee5a96869c3b3a2022-12-22T03:46:44ZengUniversity of WarwickAlternautas2057-49242022-07-019110.31273/an.v9i1.1188Book Review: Sheller, Mimi (2020) Island Futures: Caribbean Survival in the Anthropocene. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, pp. 226. ISBN:9781478010128Gibrán Cruz-Martínez What alternatives to disaster recovery can we think of? What are the dynamics behind the ‘just recoveries’ of disasters? In ‘Island Futures’, Mimi Sheller invites us to envisage alternatives to development, disaster recovery and disaster capitalism in the Caribbean region. Thinking the Caribbean mainly from the Haitian experience, Sheller reflects on the workings of uneven post-disaster recovery in an era where the human-made ecological crisis has become more evident. In sum, she invites us to reflect on the implications of an “ever-worsening climate change driven by neoliberal capitalism” that will only produce more disasters and perpetuate underdevelopment if nothing is done to reverse the current trajectory. https://journals.warwick.ac.uk/index.php/alternautas/article/view/1188AnthropoceneMimi Shellerjust recoveryalternative to developmentCaribbeanHaiti |
| spellingShingle | Gibrán Cruz-Martínez Book Review: Sheller, Mimi (2020) Island Futures: Caribbean Survival in the Anthropocene. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, pp. 226. ISBN:9781478010128 Alternautas Anthropocene Mimi Sheller just recovery alternative to development Caribbean Haiti |
| title | Book Review: Sheller, Mimi (2020) Island Futures: Caribbean Survival in the Anthropocene. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, pp. 226. ISBN:9781478010128 |
| title_full | Book Review: Sheller, Mimi (2020) Island Futures: Caribbean Survival in the Anthropocene. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, pp. 226. ISBN:9781478010128 |
| title_fullStr | Book Review: Sheller, Mimi (2020) Island Futures: Caribbean Survival in the Anthropocene. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, pp. 226. ISBN:9781478010128 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Book Review: Sheller, Mimi (2020) Island Futures: Caribbean Survival in the Anthropocene. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, pp. 226. ISBN:9781478010128 |
| title_short | Book Review: Sheller, Mimi (2020) Island Futures: Caribbean Survival in the Anthropocene. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, pp. 226. ISBN:9781478010128 |
| title_sort | book review sheller mimi 2020 island futures caribbean survival in the anthropocene durham nc duke university press pp 226 isbn 9781478010128 |
| topic | Anthropocene Mimi Sheller just recovery alternative to development Caribbean Haiti |
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