Ariel Salleh is Visiting Professor in Culture, Philosophy & Environment, Nelson Mandela University, South Africa; Senior Fellow in Post-Growth Societies, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany and Research Associate in Political Economy, University of Sydney, Australia. Her theoretical work draws on activist experience in anti-nuclear politics, water catchments, biodiversity protection, and support for Asia-Pacific women creating eco-sufficient community alternatives. Salleh is currently writing a multi-volume critique of discourses in environmental thought.
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‘Development’ is Colonialism in Disguise
The paths to a bio-civilization are multiple – and the pluriverse is already visible in the cosmovisions and radical practices of many groups worldwide. The notion of a pluriverse questions the alleged universality of Euro-Americacentric modernity. As the Zapatistas of Chiapas, Mexico, put it so wisely, the pluriverse constitutes “a world where many worlds fit”.
September 12, 2019
