“The Nature of Spectacle speaks of the economic interests behind present-day conservation programs in a constructive as well as critical manner. This book further widens my perspective on the sociological and economical background of conservation programs.”—Economic Botany
“A historically-grounded and novel argument about conservation and capitalism.”—Antipode: A Radical Journal of Geography
“Igoe’s latest book, The Nature of Spectacle, provides an engaging discussion of how representations of nature—images, videos and spaces that depict wild landscapes and living organisms—mediate relationships between humans and the environment.”—Canadian Journal of Development Studies
“[The Nature of Spectacle] would be an excellent book for teaching, as it presents a set of very complex arguments in a rather friendly manner and makes you question your own place, as a consumer of both images and commodities, within capital’s approach to the production of nature.”—Conservation and Society
“The Nature of Spectacle is theoretically insightful and presents an inventive framework for understanding present entanglements, but also for imagining different futures. It is a significant contribution and essential reading for scholars studying neoliberal conservation, political ecology, and the anthropology of nature.”—African Studies Review
“Igoe offers an original and provocative take on topics that couldn’t be more relevant to ongoing debates in anthropology, geography, environmental studies, and conservation studies.”—Andrew Walsh, Associate Professor of Anthropology, University of Western Ontario
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