Radical Climate Disobedience: An Analysis and Defence in Times of the Socio-Ecological Emergency
In recent years, movements such as Ende Gelände, Extinction Rebellion, Letzte Generation and Just Stop Oil have profoundly shaped European climate activism. Their tactics, including coal mine blockades, highway sit-ins and adhesive protests, reflect a deliberate embrace of high-cost disruption, with...
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| Tipo de recurso: | tesis doctoral |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2025 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | CBUC, CESCA |
| Repositorio: | TDR. Tesis Doctorales en Red |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:www.tdx.cat:10803/694976 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://hdl.handle.net/10803/694976 |
| Access Level: | acceso embargado |
| Palabra clave: | Teoria política Political theory Teoría política Moviments socials Social movements Movimientos sociales Moviments mediambientals Environmental movements Movimientos medioambientales Desobediència civil Civil disobedience Desobediencia civil Protesta radical Radical protest Canvi climàtic Climate change Cambio climático Teoria del flanc radical Radical flank theory Teoría del flanco radical Impacte dels moviments socials Impact of social movements Impacto de los movimientos soc Ecoterrorisme Eco-terrorism Ecoterrorismo Ecosabotatge Eco-sabotage Ecosabotaje Desobediència radical Radical disobedience Desobediencia radical Desobediència radical climàtic Radical climate disobedience Desobediencia radical climátic 32 |
| Sumario: | In recent years, movements such as Ende Gelände, Extinction Rebellion, Letzte Generation and Just Stop Oil have profoundly shaped European climate activism. Their tactics, including coal mine blockades, highway sit-ins and adhesive protests, reflect a deliberate embrace of high-cost disruption, with imprisonment as a deliberate tactic. I investigate the role of radical activism amid the socio-ecological crisis, framing its radicalness as a distinctive and underexplored phenomenon. I introduce the concept of radical climate disobedience, distinguishing it from both more moderate forms of disobedience, such as civil disobedience, and more extreme protests, such as violent resistance or eco-terrorism. This new concept offers an insightful framework for analysing the radicalisation of contemporary climate justice movements. I argue that the standard, liberal view of civil disobedience fails to adequately capture such activism. Therefore, I examine existing conceptions of the understudied framework of radical disobedience to identify its conceptual core. |
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