Climate Leviathan: A Political Theory of Climate Futures

Climate Futures by Annelisa Kingsbury Lee

Episode notes

What can political theory offer us in thinking about climate change? This episode we talk to OSU Professor Joel Wainwright, a human geographer, whose book Climate Leviathan (co-authored with Geoff Mann) asks: how can we imagine the global politics of a changing climate?

The book applies theories from Hobbes, Gramsci, and Foucault to critique an emerging 'Leviathan' of climate governance. In this episode, Prof. Wainwright explains his conception of a global regulatory sovereign and offers hope for a democratic and just climate future.

Keywords
climate politicshuman geographyclimate justicepolitical theorytheoryclimate changepolitical economyphilosophy