James Rowe is an associate professor of environmental studies at the University of Victoria. He recently authored the book Radical Mindfulness: Why Transforming Fear of Death Is Politically Vital (Routledge, 2023).
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Crapitalism: Psychoanalysis and the Profit Motive
Moving from cultures of greed to cultures of gratitude requires institutional change, but it also requires that we look inwards, gently put our infantile wishes to bed, and wake up to this rich earth, with its soils made healthy by shit and decay.
April 3, 2025
Lessons from the Front Lines of Anti-Colonial Pipeline Resistance
The Standing Rock standoff over the Dakota Access Pipeline was a reminder that colonization, and resistance to it, both exist in the present tense. Fossil fuel pipelines that despoil indigenous lands and waters have become key flashpoints in long-standing anti-colonial resistance. An important precursor and inspiration for the Standing Rock camp is an indigenous occupation in northern British Columbia, Canada.
October 17, 2017
Does a Fear of Death Lie at the Heart of Capitalism?
To fundamentally transform capitalism we must transform the existential fear that feeds it.
May 12, 2016
