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In our first forum of 2016, Jedediah Purdy accepts that there is no longer a nature independent of human meddling—so how then, he asks, do we make that condition more democratic? Alisa Reznick reports on how clean water is being used as a weapon in Syria’s civil war, and David G. Victor questions whether university divestment from fossil fuels really brings us closer to a greener future. In an arresting personal essay, Jesse Maceo Vega-Frey reports on an experiment in the humane raising and butchering of pigs. Also, Nick Bromell asks whether we should enshrine dignity as a critical democratic right, Robert Archambeau reviews two new collections from Charles Simic, and more. Join us in the New Nature!
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JEDEDIAH PURDY DEBATES
JO GULDI, JAIRUS GROVE, ROBERT PAARLBERG, ANDREAS MALM, DAVID KEITH, ANNA TSING, UGO MATTEI, VANDANA SHIVA, PAUL WALDAU, AND ROY SCRANTON.
Uyen Hua introduced by Chris Nealon
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