What can ecotheological and agroecological accounts contribute to biopolitical perspectives on farming?

Jones, Andrew and Chan, Kin Wing (Ray) (2023) What can ecotheological and agroecological accounts contribute to biopolitical perspectives on farming? In: God and the Book of Nature : Experiments in Theology of Science. Routledge, pp. 157-173. ISBN 9781003387398

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Abstract

We propose that ecotheological accounts have the potential to provide guidance to governmental policies relating to biosecurity. Governmental policies continue to transform our ecological and political landscapes in the broadest possible ways; including the future of our autonomy, collective health, and economic security. We consider how ecotheological principles have the potential to guide emerging farming movements such as agroecology and regenerative agriculture in ways that would promote the resilience and autonomy of farmers to move toward environmentally sustainable practices. In Section 8.2, we survey biopolitical accounts of theology and religion on the one side, and immunology on the other. We begin by examining the broadly negative stances taken by biopolitical philosophers toward theology and religion, focusing on Foucault. We then turn to Derrida’s expansion of immune logic as a way of understanding the September 11 terrorist attacks in Section 8.2.2. We argue that these accounts fail to recognize the potential positive contribution of theology to environmental and ecological policies.

Item Type:	Book Section
Divisions:	Agriculture, Science and Practice
Depositing User:	Dr Ray Chan
Date Deposited:	25 Feb 2025 13:32
Last Modified:	25 Feb 2025 13:32
URI:	https://rau.repository.guildhe.ac.uk/id/eprint/16887

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