We tend to think of the environment as a subsystem of the economy, but it is entirely the other way around. We are part of nature, not separate from it.

This article aims to change the terms of the conversation about the ecological crisis. We argue that the human–nature dualism, a product of Enlightenment thought and primarily responsible for the ecological crisis, cannot be the basis for any meaningful solutions. We show how more recent Western imaginaries like the Anthropocene and Gaia proposed t... See more