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Post-Political Condition and the Degrowth Imaginary: Radicalizing Environmental Politics in the Face of the Ecological Crises

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Post-Political Condition and the Degrowth Imaginary: Radicalizing Environmental Politics in the Face of the Ecological Crises

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Discussions of alternative socio-economic futures are more relevant than ever due to the challenge of environmental breakdown. The consequences of the ecological crisis are believed to be increasingly drastic for societies in the coming decades. The bleak imagination of the future is coupled with uncertainty in environmental politics. In this context, mainstream policies have been offering sustainable development, green growth, and ecological modernization as ways to reconcile economic growth with ecological balance. Drawing insights from post-political theory, this paper argues that there is not an environmental policy in real terms for ecological transformation of society. Examining the post-political landscape in the contemporary stage of neoliberalism and sustainable development, this paper considers the degrowth imaginary as an alternative socio-economic future. Investigating the decline of alternative imaginaries for societal transformation constitutes the research focus. This paper makes several claims; neoliberalism in its current form marks the end of politics, post-politics has spilled over into environmental politics, where societal transformation is rarely discussed, and the political strategies of the degrowth imaginary bear potential to transcend the current impasse in environmental politics.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Post-Political Condition, Degrowth, Neoliberalism, Ecological Crisis, Environmental Politics

Teşekkür

This study was derived from the thesis titled “An Alternative to the ‘Development Discourse’ in the face of the Ecological Crisis: The Degrowth Movement”, written by Yusuf Murteza in 2021 as part of the MA program in Sociology at the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Institute of Social Sciences, Yıldız Technical University, under the supervision of Assoc. Prof. Dr. Betül Duman Bay.

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Kaynak Göster

APA
Murteza, Y. (2025). Post-Political Condition and the Degrowth Imaginary: Radicalizing Environmental Politics in the Face of the Ecological Crises. Alternatif Politika, 17(2), 296-331. https://doi.org/10.53376/ap.2025.11
AMA
1.Murteza Y. Post-Political Condition and the Degrowth Imaginary: Radicalizing Environmental Politics in the Face of the Ecological Crises. Altern. Polit. 2025;17(2):296-331. doi:10.53376/ap.2025.11
Chicago
Murteza, Yusuf. 2025. “Post-Political Condition and the Degrowth Imaginary: Radicalizing Environmental Politics in the Face of the Ecological Crises”. Alternatif Politika 17 (2): 296-331. https://doi.org/10.53376/ap.2025.11.
EndNote
Murteza Y (01 Haziran 2025) Post-Political Condition and the Degrowth Imaginary: Radicalizing Environmental Politics in the Face of the Ecological Crises. Alternatif Politika 17 2 296–331.
IEEE
[1]Y. Murteza, “Post-Political Condition and the Degrowth Imaginary: Radicalizing Environmental Politics in the Face of the Ecological Crises”, Altern. Polit., c. 17, sy 2, ss. 296–331, Haz. 2025, doi: 10.53376/ap.2025.11.
ISNAD
Murteza, Yusuf. “Post-Political Condition and the Degrowth Imaginary: Radicalizing Environmental Politics in the Face of the Ecological Crises”. Alternatif Politika 17/2 (01 Haziran 2025): 296-331. https://doi.org/10.53376/ap.2025.11.
JAMA
1.Murteza Y. Post-Political Condition and the Degrowth Imaginary: Radicalizing Environmental Politics in the Face of the Ecological Crises. Altern. Polit. 2025;17:296–331.
MLA
Murteza, Yusuf. “Post-Political Condition and the Degrowth Imaginary: Radicalizing Environmental Politics in the Face of the Ecological Crises”. Alternatif Politika, c. 17, sy 2, Haziran 2025, ss. 296-31, doi:10.53376/ap.2025.11.
Vancouver
1.Yusuf Murteza. Post-Political Condition and the Degrowth Imaginary: Radicalizing Environmental Politics in the Face of the Ecological Crises. Altern. Polit. 01 Haziran 2025;17(2):296-331. doi:10.53376/ap.2025.11