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Steel, Steven C. "Subvert the Dominant Paradigm!: Environmentalism, Earth First!, and Oppositional Theory," American Culture Studies, Bowling Green State University, August 1996.
This dissertation explicates the radical environmental movement as a component in the discourse of oppositional criticism, with radical ecology as a vital aspect of oppositional theory and radical environmentalism, especially Earth First!, as oppositional praxis. A Geertzian “thick description” interpretive methodology is employed to expose the discursive elements of the Earth First! movement (metaphor, symbolism, et al.) as part of oppositional criticism of modern culture. A theoretical model of the social construction of the boundaries of possible thought and expression is derived, then applied to explicate modern mainstream environmentalism. Earth First!‘s cultural formulation is then analyzed as the fundamental and essential model for breaking free from this social reality and for constructing alternatives. This has essential implications for the efficacy of the environmental movement in particular and oppositional social change movements in general.
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