{"id":2421,"date":"2024-01-05T14:03:06","date_gmt":"2024-01-05T14:03:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newnatures.org\/greenhouse\/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=2421"},"modified":"2024-01-05T14:03:15","modified_gmt":"2024-01-05T14:03:15","slug":"alexander-etkind-natures-evil","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/newnatures.org\/greenhouse\/podcast\/alexander-etkind-natures-evil\/","title":{"rendered":"Alexander Etkind &#8211; Nature\u2019s Evil"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Alexander Etkind, Professor of History of Russia-Europe Relations at the European University Institute (Italy), presented his book\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wiley.com\/en-us\/Nature%27s+Evil%3A+A+Cultural+History+of+Natural+Resources-p-9781509547609\">Nature\u2019s Evil: A Cultural History of Natural Resources<\/a><\/em>\u00a0(Wiley, 2021) in the Greenhouse environmental humanities book talk series on Monday, 24 January 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This bold and wide-ranging book views the history of humankind through the prism of natural resources \u2013 how we acquire them, use them, value them, trade them, exploit them. History needs a cast of characters, and in this story the leading actors are peat and hemp, grain and iron, fur and oil, each with its own tale to tell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The uneven spread of available resources was the prime mover for trade, which in turn led to the accumulation of wealth, the growth of inequality and the proliferation of evil. Different sorts of raw material have different political implications and give rise to different social institutions. When a country switches its reliance from one commodity to another, this often leads to wars and revolutions. But none of these crises goes to waste \u2013 they all lead to dramatic changes in the relations between matter, labour and the state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our world is the result of a fragile pact between people and nature. As we stand on the verge of climate catastrophe, nature has joined us in our struggle to distinguish between good and evil. 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