Vendere la natura, comprare “verde”. Due vie neoliberali alla de-politicizzazione ambientale
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https://doi.org/10.36253/rifp-3943Parole chiave:
depoliticizzazione ambientale, neoliberismo ambientale, ageismoAbstract
Pur riconoscendo la traiettoria di declino dell’ordine neoliberale, questo articolo esplora le tendenze alla depoliticizzazione che mantengono i dibattiti e le pratiche ambientali profondamente radicati nella sua logica. L’analisi si concentra sul modo in cui alcuni modelli e pratiche centrali del neoliberismo continuano a persistere, compresa la loro capacità di oscurare i conflitti di classe. In particolare, l’articolo esamina due direttrici: da un lato, la delega della tutela dell’ambiente ai processi di privatizzazione, mercificazione e marketizzazione (neoliberal conservation), che riducono la conservazione a decisioni tecniche apparentemente neutrali sul piano politico, ma che implicano inevitabilmente scelte etiche e politiche; dall’altro, la riduzione della questione ambientale a posizioni e comportamenti individuali (neoliberal activism), radicati nelle dinamiche di mercato e rappresentativi di un’epoca iperpolitica. Queste due tendenze eterogenee sottraggono le decisioni ambientali al confronto politico collettivo: la prima affidandole ai mercati e alle istituzioni, la seconda dissolvendole nella condotta individuale. L’articolo conclude che questa duplice depoliticizzazione – insieme alle forme emergenti di impegno iperpoliticizzato ma individualizzato – mette in luce i limiti delle categorie politiche moderne e postmoderne e richiama la necessità di nuovi concetti e quadri interpretativi attraverso cui ripensare la questione ambientale
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